Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei whārangi - I te tīmatanga o tana mahi, i mātanga ia ki te rere rere me te rere whakawhiti whenua. I puta tana whakaaturanga tuatahi a-ao i te tau 2000, i te wa e whitu ana ia i te whakataetae rangatahi i te 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships me te whakatutuki i taua waahi i runga i te 5000 mita i te 2000 World Junior Championships i Athletics. I timata ia i te tau i muri mai i te 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, i te 23 o nga whakataetae roa me te awhina i a Etiopia ki te mētara hiriwa a te roopu. I eke a Kuma i tana mahi tuatahi i te tau i muri mai, i tana tuarima i te whakataetae roa i te 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
I arahi ia i tana whenua ki te taitara kapa ka riro i a ia te mētara parahi neke atu i te 10,000 mita i te 2002 African Championships in Athletics (i muri i te tokorua o Kenya a Susan Chepkemei me Leah Malot).