Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akaberekerwa muMarakwet, Kenya, kutanga kwake kwenyika kwakauya semumhanyi wechidiki pa1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, kwaaive mumwe wevadiki vatanhatu vekuKenya vari pakati pegumi vechidiki vevakadzi. Akaratidza zvakare pachikwata pachikamu che1998, mushure mekukunda miedzo yejunior, uye akauya wechinomwe kubatsira Kenya kumenduru yesirivheri yechikwata. Akanga ari mukundi we1999 Kenyan National Cross Country Championships muNairobi. Akakundikana kutora chimiro ichi chomumba ku
1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, zvisinei, sezvo aive wechishanu weKenya akapedza uye akaisa 16th yakazara mumakwikwi akareba evakadzi.