Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Akabuda semunhu mukuru gore rakatevera, achitora bronze munhangemutange pfupi pa1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships uye achibatsira Kenya kumenduru yegoridhe yechikwata. Akatungamirawo Kenya kuhwina mumakwikwi eIAAF World Road Relay Championships muManaus muna Kubvumbi. Akanga ari mutambi wechina akakurumidza zvikurusa munyika gore iroro mumakwikwi okumhanya. Akatangawo kutora chikamu mumakwikwi emugwagwa uye akakunda makiromita gumi BOclassic mujaho pakupera kwegore. Akavandudza kusvika kumenduru yesirivha pa1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
, vachipedzisa kumashure kwaPaul Tergat kubatsira Kenya kuhwina mukombe. Akamirira nyika yake panhandare pa1999 World Championships in Athletics muSeville, kwaakanga ari wechinomwe mumakwikwi evarume. Akavhara mwaka wake wekumhanya nekupedza nzvimbo yechishanu mu1999 IAAF Grand Prix Final.