Taita Taveta County Governor John Mruttu has stood up against manual backup in the next general elections as proposed by Jubilee leaders.
Adressing KTN reporters on Monday, the Governor said that the manual process has been the reason for some of the past political conflicts and should be avoided, so that the next elections can be transparent and accepted by all Kenyans.
"I honestly think we should not go the manual way as it might end up causing us more harm than good," he said.
The county boss also said that Kenya is too developed to worry about electronic voting process failure.
"Our nation is too developed to have such worries and the manual process will take us back," said the leader.
The Jubilee side has been advocating and pushing for an electoral law amendment to allow the national electoral body, Interim Electoral and Boundaries Commission to acquire manual backup in case the anticipated electoral process fails, basing their argument on the fact that there are parts of the nation with no internet network or electricity coverage.
Also, according to the side, the manual process will allow Kenyans from the remotest parts of the nation get to vote.
The opposition side however is of the opinion that the manual process will be used to rig the polls by allowing double and underage voting in the 8th August elections.