Burito had 22 wives, of whom Julius' mother, Mugaya Nyang'ombe, was the fifth. She had been born in 1892 and had married the chief in 1907, when she was fifteen. Mugaya bore Burito four sons and four daughters, of which Nyerere was the second child; two of his siblings died in infancy
Burito anali ndi akazi makumi awiri ndiawiri ndipo amayi ake a Julius, Mugaya Nyang’ombe anali wachisanu. Iye anabadwa mu chaka cha 1892 ndipo anakwatiwa ndi mfumu mu chaka cha 1907, ali ndi zaka khumi ndi zisanu. Mugaya anabala Burito ana aamuna anayi ndi aakazi anayi, ndipo Nyerere anali mwana wachiŵiri; abale ake awiri anamwalira ali khanda