Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: Na fanau o ia i Marakwet, Kenya, o lana uluaʻi taufetuli faavaomalo na sau o se tagata tamoʻe talavou i le 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, lea na avea ai o ia ma se tasi o le ono Kenyan talavou i le pito i luga sefulu o le tuuga a tamaitai talavou. Sa toe auai foʻi o ia i le ʻau i le
I le 1998 edition, na manumalo ai o ia i le Junior Trials, ma na sau lona fitu e fesoasoani ia Kenya i le team silver medal. Na manumalo o ia i le 1999 Kenyan National Cross Country Championships i Nairobi. Na le mafai ona ia ave lenei ituaiga i le 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, peitaʻi, ona o ia o le lona lima o le au Kenya na faʻamaeʻaina ma faʻatulagaina lona 16 i le tuuga umi a tamaʻitaʻi.