 Pasha, with a contingent of around 40 soldiers, established a German "boma" in Bukoba which at the time was a swamp of uninhabited lower-lands along the shore of Lake Victoria.In addition to establishing a "boma", Pasha drew up treaties to submit to Haya kings and recognized chiefs in the region before the arrival of his successor Lieutenant Wilhelm Langheld.Under Langheld's leadership, Haya kingdoms were ruled indirectly.