Six weeks after independence, in January 1962 Nyerere resigned as Prime Minister,[134] intent on focusing on restructuring TANU and trying to "work out our own pattern of democracy"
Patatha milungu isanu ndi umodzi chilandilireni ufulu, mu mwezi wa January chaka cha 1962 Nyerere adatula pansi udindo wake monga Prime Minister, [zana limodzi, makumi atartu kudzanso zinayi] ndi cholinga choyang'ana pa kukonzanso TANU ndikuyesera 'kukonza dongosolo lathu la ufulu wodzilamulira' 