Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te timatanga o tana mahi, he tohunga ia ki te oma tere me te oma 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 tōna tau tuatahi i muri mai, i te mea ko ia te tuarima i te whakataetae roa i te
I te 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships i arahi tana whenua ki te taitara kapa, ka 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).