Nasa Lawyer James Orengo speaks at the court of appeal. The opposition has been advised to concentrate on systems and processes to ensure free and fair poll. [Photo: the-star.co.ke]National Super Alliance (Nasa) has been advised to stop wasting time in courts arguing about who should or shouldn't be allowed to print the presidential ballots.The coalition has instead been asked to devote its energy and efforts on the 'systems and processes' that will be deployed during the election as that is where rigging is likely to take place."It is decidedly odd that Nasa is raising such a rumpus about the printer, but had no problem with the electronic voter identification and results in transmission systems that were similarly single-sourced. Experience shows that most election rigging in Kenya happens during the transmission and tallying of votes, and not the actual voting and counting of the ballots," veteran journalist Macharia Gaitho writes on his weekly Tuesday column on Daily Nation."In my mind, it does not really matter whether the ballot papers are printed by Al Githurai Printers, Ramogi Press, Muiguithania Publishers or Grogan Road Merchants. It’s the systems and processes that matter," he adds.Gaitho argues that rigging in the digital age does not involve extra ballot papers as it has been NASA's worry, prompting them to contest the award of presidential ballot printing tender to Al-Ghurair printer whom the coalition claim has close links to Jubilee administration."Ballot stuffing is old-fashioned. Nasa's worry should instead be the 1.5 million or so dead voters known to still be on the register and the votes of those who will not turn up to vote finding their way to the final count," Gaitho says.

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