Leader of Gov­ern­ment Busi­ness in the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives, Hous­ing and the En­vi­ron­ment Min­is­ter Dr Roodal Mooni­lal says Ken Val­ley was a very cor­dial and sup­port­ive MP. Val­ley died at his Pt Cumana home yes­ter­day morn­ing with colon can­cer. He was 63. Mooni­lal said Val­ley was one of the more out­spo­ken min­is­ters and was very ac­com­mo­dat­ing to then Op­po­si­tion MPs.

Mooni­lal said he learnt a lot from Val­ley over the past sev­er­al years while they served to­geth­er in Par­lia­ment.

He was a for­mi­da­ble de­bater, who al­ways lis­tened to what MPs had to say in the de­bates," Mooni­lal said.

Mooni­lal re­called the many oc­ca­sions when af­ter marathon sit­tings on Fri­days, Val­ley would in­vite all MPs to his St James es­tab­lish­ment for a bev­er­age and to en­joy a game of cards. Mean­while the pub­lic re­la­tions of­fi­cer of the PNM's Diego Mar­tin Cen­tral con­stituen­cy, An­tho­ny Hep­burn said a prayer ser­vice in Val­ley's mem­o­ry will be held at 1 Or­chid Dri­ve, Pe­tit Val­ley tonight.