Lovingly known as “Biggie”
22 April 1997 — 7 November 2026 · aged 29
Bondo boda boda rider who took the village to clinics at any hour
Bondo, Kenya Born in Usenge, Bondo, Siaya County Resting at Family home, UsengeIt is with deep sorrow that we announce the untimely passing of BRIAN OTIENO OCHIENG, fondly known as Biggie, boda boda rider of Usenge, on 7th November 2026 in Bondo. Son of Joseph Ochieng Owino and Mary Atieno; brother to Cynthia and Kelvin; partner to Faith Adhiambo; father to Amani. Family, friends and fellow riders meet daily at Usenge, Bondo, at 5.00 pm. Cortege leaves Bondo Sub-County Hospital Mortuary on Saturday 28th November at 8.00 am for a funeral service at Usenge SDA Church, followed by burial at the family home. M-Pesa Paybill 744881, Account BIGGIE. Fare thee well, young rider.
If you were sick in Usenge after midnight, you called Biggie. Brian Otieno Ochieng did not own an ambulance, but he owned a red motorcycle and a phone that was never switched off, and for six years he carried expectant mothers, feverish children and an old man with a broken hip to Bondo Sub-County Hospital without once asking for fare in advance.
Born in Usenge in April 1997 into a fishing family, Brian was the second of four children. He was quick with numbers and quicker with jokes, and he finished Form Four at Usenge High School with a B- before the family could no longer afford college. He sold fish with his father for a year, then borrowed a motorbike from his uncle and began riding.
By twenty-four he had paid off his own machine and helped found the Usenge Boda Boda Riders Welfare Group, which saves five hundred shillings each Friday to cover members' hospital bills. He drove a clean bike, wore a reflector jacket and a helmet even when others did not, and taught younger riders to say sorry first and overtake last.
Brian loved Gor Mahia and sang rumba in the shower so loudly that his neighbours knew every verse. He worshipped at the Usenge SDA Church, where he ran the youth transport on Sabbath mornings for free. His daughter Amani, born in 2024, was his whole world.
He died on 7 November 2026 following an accident on the road he loved, and the whole of Bondo came to the hospital that night.
He leaves his parents, his partner Faith, his daughter, his brother and sister, and a village that does not yet know how to travel without him.
“Ride like someone is waiting for you at home.”
Saturday, 28 November 2026 at 07:00 UTC
Add to calendarComing together to honour Brian and support the family.
Mortuary fees, burial arrangements and support for Faith and baby Amani.
Daily at the family home in Usenge, 5.00 pm
Contact: Joseph Ochieng Owino
$95 raised of $1,937.98
Riders contributing daily and planning a motorcade of one hundred bikes for the cortege.
Bondo stage office, every evening 7.00 pm
Contact: Dennis Odhiambo Otieno
$218.50 raised of $1,395.35
Friends from school and the beach organising a memorial football match.
Usenge beach, evenings 6.30 pm
Contact: Kevin Odongo Owino
$9.50 raised of $697.67
Funeral service, choir and counselling for the family.
$33.25 raised of $542.64
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Memorial fund
Help the family bury Brian and open an education savings account for his two-year-old daughter Amani.
$465.50 raised of $1,800
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Moses Wanyama gave $9.50 · 3h ago
“Pole sana kwa familia.”
Dennis Odhiambo Otieno gave $4.75 · 13h ago
Wendy Nekesa Mukhwana gave $23.75 · 21h ago
“With love from the diaspora.”
Anonymous gave $28.50 · 1d ago
“From your old classmates.”
Moses Wanyama gave $47.50 · 1d ago
“Mungu awape nguvu.”
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
Usenge High School2012 – 2015 · Bondo
Scored B minus and wanted to study mechanical engineering.
Fish seller, later boda boda rider
Usenge Beach2016 – 2026 · Bondo
Moved from selling omena to riding passengers and patients across Bondo.
Co-founder
Usenge Boda Boda Riders Welfare Group2021 – 2026 · Bondo
Started a weekly savings fund for members' hospital bills.
Birth of his daughter Amani
2024 · Bondo
Became a father and promised her every school uniform she would need.
Youth transport volunteer
Usenge SDA Church2019 – 2026 · Usenge
Ferried young people to Sabbath School for free.
Tap an organisation to find others who studied or worked there.
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Sign in to write a tributeSister
My little big brother. You taught me to ride, to dance rumba and to laugh at myself. The house is too quiet. Sleep well, Biggie.
Partner
Biggie promised Amani she would go to university. I will keep that promise for him. Thank you for every night you came home late smiling.
Usenge SDA Church
Our youth would not have reached Sabbath School without Brian's motorbike. He never missed a Saturday and never took a coin. Heaven has gained a faithful driver.
Best friend since primary school
We shared a bench from Standard One. He was the funniest person in every room and the first one to leave a party to fetch someone home. I will name my firstborn after him.
Neighbour, Usenge
He carried my daughter to hospital at two in the morning when she was in labour and refused the fare. The baby is two now and she calls him Uncle Biggie. How do I explain this to her?
Chairman, Usenge Boda Boda Riders Welfare
Biggie founded this group with a notebook and five hundred shillings. Today we have a fund that has paid thirty-one hospital bills. His helmet is hanging in our office and no one will touch it.