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 eke ia ki te taumata matua i te tau e whai ake nei i te
2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, ka tae mai ki te 23 i te whakataetae roa ka awhina i a Etiopia ki te mētara hiriwa a te roopu. 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).