He Who Finds a Wife…Former Kenya Sevens Star Gets Married to Canadian Sweetheart

Former Kenya Sevens player Alvin ‘Buffa’ Otieno is officially off the market after secretly wedding his Canadian fiancée at the end of July.

Otieno announced his engagement to the love of his life Melissa Killion through an Instagram post in May and kept everything under wraps until this week when he unleashed photos of the wedding on the same platform.

From the captions, the wedding took place on July 30 in Kitty Islet, Canada with scenic views of the ocean in the background, a great setting for those in love.

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The two are pictured exchanging their vows before signing their marriage certificates, followed by kisses and hugs, after which the newly-wed couple play around before driving back home.

Killion has wasted no time in taking on a new identity, adopting the surname of her husband and she now goes by the name mrs.otieno.killion on Instagram.

Otieno and Killion met in Canada after the ex-Shujaa star left Kenya in 2022 to pursue new opportunities in the North American country.

The former Kenya Sevens player, who was revered for his hard tackles, which earned him the nickname Buffalo, missed the 2022 Rugby Sevens World Cup, before he made a brief return to the Shujaa squad in 2023 only to disappear again.

Otieno’s wife, who calls herself teacher/tutor on her Instagram profile, chooses to keep her private life away from the public but appears to be a lover of nature as this is what dominates her social media posts.

The former Homeboyz and KCB RFC star made over 65 appearances for Shujaa, having made his debut at Singapore Sevens in 2016, with his powerful style of play seeing him score over 50 tries for Kenya Sevens.