Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in Swahili. Please answer in Swahili.

### Instruction:
The lights in Malcolm’s house are flickering, and he hopes that replacing all of his white lights with colored lights will make it stop. He buys 12 red lights, 3 times as many blue lights, and 6 green lights.  If he still has 5 colored lights left to buy, how many white lights did Malcolm have initially?

### Response:
 Malcolm amenunua taa 12 * 3 = <<12*3=36>>36 za buluu.
Pamoja na taa nyekundu na za kijani, amenunua jumla ya taa 12 + 6 + 36 = <<12+6+36=54>>54.
Ikiwa bado anahitaji kununua taa zaidi, basi awali alikuwa na taa 54 + 5 = <<54+5=59>>59 nyeupe.