The censoring of Chilembwe's letter appears to be the trigger moving him from conspiracy to action. He began the detailed organisation for a rebellion, gathering together a small group of Africans, educated either at the Blantyre Mission or the schools of the independent, separatist African churches in the Shire Highlands and Ncheu District, as his lieutenants
Kuwunikiridwa kwa kalata ya Chilembwe kukuwoneka kuti ndikomwe kudamupangitsa kuti asapange chiwembu kuti achitepo kanthu. Iye adayambitsa bungwe la zigawenga zomwe adasonkhanitsa kagulu kakang'ono ka anthu aku Africa, omwe adaphunzira ku Blantyre Mission kapena masukulu a mipingo yodziyimira pawokha, yodzipatula ku Shire Highlands ndi Ncheu monga alangizi ake 