Revealed: Kibra MP Ken Okoth Asked Not to be Put on Life Support

Kibra MP Ken Okoth requested his family and doctors at Nairobi Hospital not to put him on life support in the event his crucial body organs failed, his brother Imran said.

Okoth, who was battling stage four colorectal cancer, passed away at the facility’s Intensive Care Unit after family and medics honored his wish.

“He has been on chemotherapy and radiotherapy and they really affected his immunity and he suffered organ failure. Ken was admitted on Thursday evening and was later transferred to the ICU and he died at around 4 pm,” Imran said during a press briefing at Lee Funeral Home in Nairobi.

 “By the time he was being taken to the ICU, he wasn’t able to utter even one word,” he added.

Okoth, 41, died about three weeks after he returned to the country following an extended medical trip abroad. He jetted back to the country at the beginning of this month after spending more than five months receiving treatment in France.

In an interview early this year, Okoth said the cancer was discovered at a very advanced stage and could only be managed, not cured.
“I was diagnosed with stage four colorectal cancer with metastases to the liver,” he said.

“I will be using chemotherapy tablets every morning. Because my disease was discovered at a very advanced stage, it cannot be cured. It can only be managed,” Okoth added.

Before it was discovered he had cancer, Okoth said he was on treatment for ulcers and bacterial infections for about a year.