Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Amụrụ na Marakwet, Kenya, mba ụwa mbụ ya bịara dị ka 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'ime iri kacha elu nke agbụrụ ụmụ nwanyị. Ọ pụtara ọzọ na ndị otu ahụ na mbipụta nke 1998, ebe ọ meriri ule ndị obere, ọ bịara nke asaa iji nyere Kenya aka inweta ọla ọcha. 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.