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 tiimata tana mahi matua i te tau e whai ake nei i te 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
, i te 23 o nga wa i roto i te whakataetae roa me te awhina i a Etiopia ki te mētara hiriwa a te kapa. I whai mana a Kuma i tana tau tuatahi i muri mai, i tana tuarima i te whakataetae roa i te 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships i arahi i tana whenua ki te taitara kapa, a, i kii ia i te mētara parahi neke atu i te 10,000 mita i te 2002 African Championships i roto i te Athletics (kei muri o te tokorua Kenyan a Susan Chepkemei me Leah Malot).