 Kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Akazvarwa muguta reMeru, Kenya, Kiogora pakutanga akatanga basa rake sehunyanzvi hwekumhanya kure uye akabudirira kekutanga pa1996 African Championships muAthletics, kwaakakunda menduru yegoridhe pamamita 10 000. Akabva ava mumhanyi wehafu yemarathon uye akakunda muKiev Half Marathon uye muKenya Armed Forces Half Marathon muna 2000. Akanga ari mumhanyi wechipiri pa1999 Paris Half Marathon munguva ye 1:01:37 maawa, achipedza chikamu chechipiri shure kwemukundi Phaustin Baha Sulle. Akadzokera kumakwikwi akafanana gore rakatevera ndokuisa nguva yake yakanakisisa yebasa re 1: 01: 09 maawa, achiuya wechitatu panguva iyoyo. 