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    "content": "doing business and improve Kenya’s rating on doing business index and thus position our country as a preferred investment destination. Through this Budget, we re-affirm our commitment to implementing the single window platform to facilitate faster and efficient clearance of cargo. To complement these efforts, the Government will shortly commence a process to rationalize and consolidate all existing cargo related standard enforcement agencies into a single entity. This will reduce the bureaucratic inefficiency in cargo clearance. Further, the East African Community Common Market Protocol establishes a single Customs territory to facilitate free movement of goods in the region. Therefore, to realign the operations of our Customs with this Protocol and to mainstream its critical role of trade facilitation and border controls, the Kenya Revenue Authority will be rationalized with a view to establishing the Customs Services as an autonomous entity on its own. Kenya and the East African Community region can ill afford the high cost associate with delays occasioned by weigh bridges and road blocks along the northern corridor which serves our land locked neighbouring countries of Uganda, Rwanda and DRC. Accordingly, to facilitate trade and position Mombasa as a regional port, the Government will review relevant regulations and guidelines to ensure that by December 2012, all weigh bridges are relocated to the port of entry and all road blocks are either removed or reduced to a bare minimum. While significance progress in integration has been achieved under the East African Community, there is much potential for expanded trade and investment in COMESA and the rest of Africa. The Government will finalize a Trade Promotion Strategy whose implementation will expand and diversify exports. In this regard, particular attention will be put on high value primary products such as macadamia and cashew nuts that have shown excellent prospects in the exports market. In addition, resources will be provided towards investment in infrastructure to facilitate export of services in the oil sector from the region, attract petroleum related industries and establishment of transshipment. I have also allocated resources to diversify and promote indigenous exports so as to bolster the source of livelihood of many of our Kenyans in various regions. Further, the Government will continue with the collaborative infrastructure investment and remove inefficient Customs procedures including complicated rules of origin and other non tariff barriers in line with the existing protocols. Having outlined specific measures we are implementing through this Budget to facilitate private sector as the key driver of growth and employment, I now turn to the measures we plan to take to make growth inclusive, equitable and more durable. This means continued investment in people’s education and health as well as rural development and food security. Therefore, the priority sectors such as education, health, social safety nets, agriculture and rural development, drought mitigation and management and disaster response, constitutional implementation and funding the general election will continue to receive adequate resources. Through this Budget, we are re-affirming this commitment. Medium-Term priorities in education spending include catering for the expanded enrolment at all levels of education and training through increased infrastructure and teaching staff. This intervention will help improve access and ensure quality education. To this end, an additional Kshs19.2 billion has been allocated to the education sector in"
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