Nyerere attributed the mutiny to the fact that his government had failed to do enough to change the army since colonial times: "We changed the uniforms a bit, we commissioned a few Africans, but at the top they were still solidly British
Nyerere ananena kuti kupandukaku kudachitika chifukwa boma lake linalephera kusintha gulu lankhondo kuyambira nthawi ya atsamunda: 'Tidasintha mayunifolomu pang'ono, tidatumiza anthu ochepa a ku Africa, koma pamwamba adakhalabe a British 