[1] His second ban of four years was issued in 2022 for whereabouts breaches relating to missed tests and filing failures.
In the 5000 metres he improved himself from 13:28.43 achieved in September 2007, to clocking in 13:11.57 minutes at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, winning the silver medal.
He made his debut at the World Cross Country Championships senior race and in the competition in Amman he finished sixth.
[6] After a national circuit win in Nyahururu,[7] he came second to Leonard Komon at the Cross de Itálica in January 2011.
[9] At the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships he claimed fourth place and helped the Kenyan men (including minor medallists Paul Tanui and Vincent Chepkok) to the team gold medal.
[14] He ran at the Discovery Kenya Cross Country in January 2012 and was third behind Wilson Kiprop and Geoffrey Mutai.
He was the race leader at the 30 km point, but progressively slowed in the hot conditions to end up tenth in a time of 2:18:15 hours.