N'afọ na-eso ya, o lekwasịrị anya n'ịgba ọsọ ọsọ ma nweta akara 5000 m na-anọchite anya Uganda na 2007 All-Africa Games. Na 2007 World Championships na Athletics otu ọnwa ka e mesịrị, ọ gafere akara mgbe Bernard Lagat na Eliud Kipchoge iji nweta onwe ya ọla nchara ụwa na ihe omume ahụ. Ọ bụ onye nke iri na atọ na 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
, mana ọ fọrọ obere ka o nweta ihe nrite na 2008 Beijing Olympics n'oge ọkọchị ahụ site na ebe nke anọ na njedebe nke ụmụ nwoke 5000 m. O jisiri ike ruo n'elu ikpo okwu na njedebe nke oge 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final, na-ewere ọlaọcha 5000 m.