{"id":807175,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/807175/?format=json","text_counter":136,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Rongo, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Paul Abuor","speaker":{"id":13466,"legal_name":"Paul Odalo Mak' Ojuando Abuor","slug":"paul-odalo-mak-ojuando-abuor"},"content":" Hon. Speaker, I also rise to give my condolences to the late Senator, Ben Oluoch Okello. He was not only my Senator in Migori County but he was also one of my constituents because he hailed from Rongo Constituency. So, on my own behalf and on behalf of my family and Rongo constituents, I offer my heartfelt condolences to the late Ben Oluoch Okello. As Hon. Junet has just said, Ben Oluoch died as a result of cancer. We can recall that this House on 18th April passed a resolution that was brought through a Motion by Hon. Catherine Waruguru to declare cancer a national disaster and create a cancer fund for this. It is very unfortunate that 60 days after that resolution, cancer has not been made a national disaster. I hope the Government will abide by that and make it a national disaster. With those few remarks, I give condolences to the family."}