Several Africans who gave evidence complained about the treatment of workers on estates, but were largely ignored. The official enquiry needed to find causes for the rising and it blamed Chilembwe for his mixture of political and religious teaching, but also the unsatisfactory conditions on the A L Bruce Estates and the unduly harsh regime of W. J. Livingstone
Anthu angapo aku Africa omwe adapereka umboni adadandaula za momwe amachitira antchito pamagawo, koma sananyalanyazidwe. Akuluakuluwo adafunsanso kuti apeze zomwe zidayambitsa vutoli ndipo idadzudzula Chilembwe chifukwa chosakaniza ziphunzitso za ndale ndi zipembedzo, komanso momwe zinthu ziliri pa AL Bruce Estates komanso ulamuliro wovuta wa WJ Livingstone