Nyerere continued as chairman of the CCM until 1990. Thereafter he assumed the role of elder statesman and was regularly called upon to act as arbiter in international crises such as those in Rwanda and Burundi
Nyerere anakhala wapampando wa chipani cha ccm mpaka 1990. Pambuyo pake anakhala mkulu wa boma ndipo nthawi zonse ankapemphedwa kuti azitha kuthetsa mavuto a mayiko monga a ku Rwanda ndi Burundi. 