I have finally finished reading Tony Blair's book "A Journey" and the profound conclusion in his book is that; the power of politics should not be expected to liberate the people. Instead, the power of the people must liberate politics.
I would encourage my judicious readers to read this "manual on politics and its challenges" that has intensely nourished my mind. It is a delicious platter of ideas, words, politics and the human spirit peppered with the scourge of selfish ambition and the ever present complexities of governing in a fast changing new world.
One thing I now realise is that Zimbabweans expect just too much from their politicians and have developed an exaggerated imagination of the power of politics and politicians in general.
This is a myth has been sold to us over the last thirty four years that only those who "liberated" the country can be our political leaders; the sad part is that we have begun to believe the lie. This lie has been manufactured only to secure incompetence, corruption and greed and to reward a liberation struggle predator coalition that continues to plunder our resources from all corners. This must stop and Grace can help us.
Our only problem here is that we do not know the power which we have to liberate our predatory politics. We continue to put politicians on a pedestal and expect them to come up with solutions. Even our churches have done the same. The result of this is that the future of our country will most likely continue to be in the hands of people with the calibre of Grace. Unless we liberate our politics, it will continue to be an albatross on our potential as a people.
In order for us to use our power to liberate our politics we all need to take responsibility and commit that we are the ones who are responsible for creating the conditions that we are facing now; we are the ones who created Mugabe and are watching him handover to his wife "Dr" Grace Mugabe as we sit and marvel at it in amazement and apathy.