Corporal Mika Utolo was my close companion in 1947-49 when, as Sergeant Barker, 277 Field Security Section, Nairobi, I served my national military service in East Africa. We were sent to Hargeisa, then in British Somaliland. Mika Utolo taught me Swahili ya askari and was my right-hand man throughout a year in Kenya, Mogadishu, and Somaliland. He must by now be 80 years old or more.

By chance I came across this website and my first thought was, \”I wonder if Mika Utolo is still alive, and if so I wonder if I could contact him somehow\”.

This is an optimistic attempt to make contact with my old friend, and if Jaluo.com can post this note somewhere perhaps I could achieve that.

In Somalia I became a committed Christian and I know Corporal Mika was a faithful Catholic. Over to you!

Rev Peter Barker