Nyerere arrived in the city in March 1955, as part of a trip funded largely by Rupia. To the trusteeship council he said that: "with your help and with the help of the [British] Administering Authority we would be governing ourselves long before twenty to twenty-five years." This seemed highly ambitious to everyone at the time
Nyerere adafika mumzindawu mu march 1955, ngati gawo laulendo wothandizidwa ndi Rupia. Kwa bungwe la trusteeship ananena kuti: 'ndi thandizo lanu komanso mothandizidwa ndi [British] Administering Authority tidzakhala tikudzilamulira tokha zaka makumi awiri mpaka makumi awiri ndi zisanu.' Izi zinkawoneka ngati zolakalaka kwambiri kwa aliyense panthawiyo