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    "content": "I have further allocated Kshs2.5 billion for the recruitment of additional 3,500 police officers and also provided Kshs300 million for setting up the National Police Service Commission and the Independent Oversight Policing Authority in order to enhance efficiency, effectiveness and the capability of the police force. Improving efficiency and increasing total factor productivity is critical to achieving high level competitiveness which is critical for sustainable growth and development in our country. Therefore, the Government through this Budget reiterates its commitment to deepening structural reforms in order to improve efficiency and effectiveness in the public service delivery. Partly to remove bureaucratic inefficiencies and functional overlaps in the public service, the Constitution limits the size of the Executive, Legislature, the Supreme Court, county governments, Commissions and Independent Offices. It also reconstitutes the Public and Parliamentary Service Commissions and establishes the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) among other initiatives in order to institutionalize high level of professionalism, performance and fairness in the public sector. I expect, therefore, in the spirit of fairness that these three Commissions working with the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) shall ensure equity in workload, remuneration, performance and accountability across the entire public sector. In particular, the SRC will develop criteria which when applied, will ensure that salary remuneration reflects productivity and thus promote competitiveness. Every effort must be equally expended to rationalize, consolidate and possibly limit the size of State corporations, regulatory agencies and research and training institutions in order to transform them into more effective bodies to facilitate efficient service delivery. This way, we shall forestall tendencies by Government agencies to indirectly expand the public sector. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the continued recognition of the catalytic role of small and medium sized businesses, the Government will deepen business regulatory reforms, enhance access to credit, facilitate capacity building, extend preferential treatment in public tenders and simplify and modernize the regulatory regime for them, in order to amplify their multiplier effect on employment opportunities and accelerate growth. We are also strengthening the legislative framework to further create predictable and enabling business environments. In this regard, the Government will shortly be tabling all outstanding business enabling Bills. Therefore, I urge hon. members to accord these Bills priority when they are tabled in this House. In addition to these reforms, we will implement measures to improve electronic filing of documents at the Lands Registry, the Companies Registry and other key agencies involved in business registration. All these efforts should reduce the cost of"
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