Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Akatanga kumhanya achiri kuTamboiya Primary School uye akazoenda kuKapkenda Girls Secondary School. Akamirira Kenya kekutanga pa1996 World Junior Championships muAthletics, achiuya wechisere pamusoro pe5000 metres. Muna 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships akahwina menduru yesirivheri yejunior uye zita rechikwata padivi pemukundi Rose Kosgei. Akanga ari wechigumi nomumwe mumakwikwi evana vaduku paWorld Cross 1998
ipapo akavandudza kusvika pachinhanho chechitanhatu mumakwikwi emamita zviuru zvishanu pa1998 World Junior Championships muAthletics.