Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A shekara mai zuwa ya mai da hankali kan tseren tsere kuma ya sami lambar yabo ta mita 5000 wanda ke wakiltar Uganda a Wasannin Afirka na 2007. A Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2007 a Wasanni wata daya daga baya ya tsallaka layin bayan Bernard Lagat da Eliud Kipchoge don samun kansa lambar tagulla ta duniya a cikin taron. Ya kasance na goma sha uku a
2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, amma ya zo kusa da lambar yabo a gasar Olympics ta Beijing ta 2008 a wannan bazarar tare da kammala na huɗu a wasan karshe na maza na mita 5000. Ya yi nasarar isa ga podium a ƙarshen kakar 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final, yana ɗaukar azurfa na mita 5000.