Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Amụrụ na Marakwet, Kenya, ọ malitere mba ụwa dịka onye na-agba ọsọ na-eto eto na 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, ebe ọ bụ otu n'ime ndị ntorobịa isii nke Kenya nọ n'elu iri nke agbụrụ ụmụ nwanyị. Ọ pụtara ọzọ n'òtù ahụ na
N'afọ 1998, o meriri n'asọmpi ndị na-eto eto, wee bụrụ onye nke asaa iji nyere ndị Kenya aka inweta ọlaọcha n'asọmpi ahụ. Ọ bụ onye mmeri nke 1999 Kenyan National Cross Country Championships na Nairobi. O nweghi ike iwere ụdị ụlọ a na 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, agbanyeghị, ebe ọ bụ onye nke ise nke Kenya wee nọrọ na 16th n'ogologo ụmụ nwanyị.