Nyerere explained this disproportionately high representation by stressing the need for sensitivity to the islanders' national pride; in 1965, he stated that "The Zanzibaris are a proud people. No one has ever intended that they should become simply the Republic's eighteenth region
Nyerere adalongosola kuyimira kwakukulu kopanda malireku potsindika kufunika kokhala ndi chidwi ndi kunyada kwa dziko; mu 1965, adanena kuti 'Azanzibar ndi chinyadiro chadziko. Palibe amene adafuna kuti akhale gawo lakhumi ndi chisanu ndi chitatu la Republic 