Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haife ta ne a Marakwet, Kenya, fitowar ta ta farko a duniya ta zo ne a matsayin matashi mai tsere a gasar tseren tseren kasa ta IAAF ta 1997, inda ta kasance daya daga cikin matasa shida na Kenya a cikin manyan goma na tseren mata na matasa. Ta sake fitowa a cikin tawagar a gasar 1998, bayan da ta lashe gwajin matasa, kuma ta zo ta bakwai don taimakawa Kenya zuwa lambar azurfa ta tawagar. Ita ce ta lashe gasar tsere ta kasa ta Kenya a shekarar 1999 a Nairobi. Ta kasa daukar wannan gida nau'i zuwa
1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, duk da haka, kamar yadda ta kasance ta biyar ta Kenya kuma ta kasance ta 16 a cikin tseren tseren mata.