When Tanganyika became a republic in 1962, he was elected president, and in 1964 he became president of the United Republic of Tanzania (Tanganyika and Zanzibar)
Pamene Tanganyika idakhala dziko lodzilamulira palokha mu 1962, adasankhidwa kukhala mtsogoleri wa dziko, ndipo mu 1964 adakhala mtsogoleri wa dziko wa United Republic of Tanzania (Tanganyika ndi Zanzibar) 