Kunyora kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Kubudirira kwake kukuru kwakatanga muna 1989 paAfrican Championships muAthletics, kwaakatora menduru yendarira yemamita 3000. Akavandudza chinzvimbo chake kuti atore menduru yesirivheri muchiitiko ichi mu1990 African Championships muAthletics kumashure kwaDerrutu Tulu. Luchia akasvika pedyo nemenduru yomunhu oga paIAAF World Cross Country Championships muna 1990 na1991
, vakapedza vari vechina ndokutora menduru yesirivha yechikwata pazviitiko zvose zviri zviviri. Akaita mutambo wake wepasi rose wekutanga pa1991 World Championships muAthletics, kwaakapedza chegumi mumakwikwi ekupedzisira emamita zviuru gumi. Mwedzi wakatevera akamiririra Ethiopia pamitambo yeAll-Africa ya1991 uye akahwina runner-up mumamita zviuru zvitatu kumashure kwaSusan Sirma.