 He moved up to senior level the year after and a fourth-place finish in the short race at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships saw him help Kenya to the team title.He then went on to make the Kenyan team in the steeplechase, although he fell in the heats at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics and was eliminated in the first stage.He did not perform well in 2004, missing spots on the Kenyan teams and suffering from a tendon injury.