{"id":806024,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/806024/?format=json","text_counter":87,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"and he would donate Bibles every single morning. If indeed there was something you can do to buy your way into heaven, maybe giving out Bibles could be one of them. I do believe that he will be paid not just in death but even the people he has left behind. Many of us have spoken about cancer. I do not want to become an expert all of a sudden but it is important to express gratitude. I was at Lee Funeral Home just before the Speaker and the Senate team had left. The family of the late would wish to express gratitude – this needs to be recorded – to the Speaker, the Clerk and the entire Senate, because if the late Ben Oluoch Okello did not have the kind of medical cover and the kind of care and attention that he was given by this Parliament, we probably could not have known him much earlier. Obviously it is God’s plan but the Speaker, the Clerk and everyone played a great role in making sure that the late Ben Oluoch Okello got the best treatment that money could afford. He was more fortunate than the millions of people that he represented in Migori because we invested a lot of money in cancer diagnosis but we have not put money in cancer treatment. Let it be on record that the family, because they are unable to come to this House, will forever be indebted to this House for the love and care that we have shown him. Finally, I want to assure the people of Migori that in the intermediate period, there should not be a vacuum in terms of representation because the 46 elected Senators and the other Senators who form part of this House should take it upon themselves to articulate and bring issues that are of concern to the people of Migori. As the late Ben Oluoch Okello will be laid to rest on the appointed day, we hope that he will send our regards and salutations, the way it used to be done in the olden days, to the ancestors, Senators and leaders that went before us. Let us also reflect, at this time when we are talking about corruption and lifestyle audit, and ask ourselves the question that was well put by Leo Tolstoy when he asked; how much land does a man need? At the end of the day and at the end of the struggle, all that a man needs is six feet wide and six feet deep. My condolences to the family and the people of Migori. I thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."}