The UMCA Missionaries were not idle during this time. Living first in the Mambo Msiige House, on Shangani point, not far from the French mission, the industrious British soon launched into a building boom of impressive size and variety. First they purchased some farm land in a suburb named Kiungani.
Wamisionari wa Ujumbe wa Vyuo Vikuu kwa Afrika ya Kati (UMCA) hawakuzubaa katika kipindi hichi. Akianzia kwanza kuishi katika nyumba Mambo Msiige, katika eneo la Shangani, ambapo haikuwa mbali na ujumbe wa Kifaransa, Muingereza mchapa kazi shupavu alianzisha ustawi wa majengo ya ukubwa wa kuvutia na ya aina tofauti.