Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwebasa rake, iye akasarudzika mukumhanyisa nhangemutange uye kumhanyisa nyika. Kuonekwa kwake kwokutanga kwenyika kwakauya muna 2000, paakanga ari wechinomwe mumakwikwi evadiki pa2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships uye akawana nzvimbo imwechete pamusoro pe5000 metres pa2000 World Junior Championships muAtletics. Akaita kutanga kwake kwevakuru gore rakatevera pa2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, achiuya wechi23 munhangemutange refu uye achibatsira Ethiopia kumenduru yesirivheri yechikwata. Kuma akaita basa rake rokutanga gore rakatevera, sezvo nzvimbo yake yechishanu munhangemutange refu pa2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
akatungamira nyika yake kuhwina mukombe wechikwata uye akahwina menduru yebronze pamamita zviuru gumi pa2002 African Championships muAthletics (kumashure kwevaKenya vaviri Susan Chepkemei naLeah Malot).