Deputy Speak­er of the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives, Dr Fuad Khan said Ken Val­ley was a man of his word.

Khan said Val­ley con­sult­ed with him up to the last days of his life. "Ken Val­ley was a very good friend and a man of his word. He al­ways kept his word and was ex­treme­ly hon­est," Khan added.

Khan said Val­ley gave him valu­able ad­vice while he served as a Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment. He said he was eter­nal­ly grate­ful for the ad­vice giv­en. Khan said Val­ley would be missed by many in the so­ci­ety. Val­ley died at age 63 af­ter a bat­tle with colon can­cer. He had six chil­dren. Fu­ner­al arrange­ments are set for St Fin­bar's RC Church in Diego Mar­tin next week.

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Khan said colon can­cer is can­cer of the bow­els and there is no known cause of the ill­ness. He said it usu­al­ly oc­curs in peo­ple over the age of 45. He said there is need to have year­ly colonoscopy done to de­tect the dis­ease in its ear­ly stages. He said colon can­cer can spread quick­ly to oth­er parts of the body. Khan said ra­di­a­tion, which is used to treat colon can­cer can cause fur­ther com­pli­ca­tions.