Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ya fito a matsayin babban jami'i a shekara mai zuwa, yana karɓar tagulla a cikin gajeren tsere a gasar tseren tseren ƙasa ta 1998 ta IAAF kuma ya taimaka wa Kenya ta lashe lambar zinare ta ƙungiyar. Ya kuma jagoranci Kenya zuwa nasarar kungiyar a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta IAAF a Manaus a watan Afrilu. Shi ne dan wasa na hudu mafi sauri a duniya a wannan shekara a cikin tseren tsere. Ya kuma fara shiga gasar tseren hanya kuma ya lashe tseren BOclassic na kilomita 10 a ƙarshen shekara. Ya inganta zuwa matsayin lambar azurfa a gasar zakarun duniya ta IAAF ta 1999
, yana gamawa a bayan Paul Tergat don taimakawa Kenya ta ci nasara a jere. Ya wakilci kasarsa a kan hanya a gasar zakarun duniya ta 1999 a Seville, inda ya kasance na bakwai a cikin maza. Ya rufe lokacin sa na waƙa tare da kammala na biyar a 1999 IAAF Grand Prix Final.