But his best quote that reminds me of politics and our politicians is “we reason from and not to our convictions”. Should I describe these ‘convictions’ as the party manifestos, party ideology or the ‘grand party political designs’? His mother used to sell vegetables in neighbouring Tanzania but two decades in power, Kabila and his family had their fingers in everything — aviation, mining, farming and contracts. Even after having lost the presidential elections, Joseph Kabila, as stipulated in the constitution, will now become a senator for life and preside over the Senate of Congo. Listening to the PPP leadership on the 40th anniversary of ZA Bhutto I was reminded of David Hume — “We reason from and not to our convictions”.

Source: The Express Tribune April 07, 2019 03:56 UTC