Still One Love. Choose Progress
Kingsley
Smith
Candidate for West Grand Bahama.
I am Kingsley Smith, Progressive Liberal Party candidate for West Grand Bahama.
Progress is measured by the transition from recovery to real ownership, where every resident has a reliable power grid, a secure roof overhead, and a direct stake in our national surplus.
I am dedicated to a government for the people that replaces rhetoric with tangible, brick-by-brick progress in every settlement. As the area representative, my commitment is to ensure that West Grand Bahama is never again treated as an afterthought by continually advocating for greater opportunities for all residents.
I am running to continue the fight for a West Grand Bahama that is moving from years of stagnation toward a future of modern, constituency-wide opportunity. With a national surplus as our foundation, we finally have the power to invest directly in our constituents’ homes, security, and economic future. This is real progress.
Progress means bridging the gap between household stability and community prosperity through modern infrastructure and expanded local industries that create opportunity for every resident.
Top 3 Focus Areas for My Constituency
Infrastructural improvement throughout the constituency
Modern, reliable infrastructure is the foundation of a thriving West Grand Bahama.
New affordable housing initiative
Expanding access to quality homes across West Grand Bahama through affordable housing initiatives that provide residents with secure, modern, and well-equipped living spaces.
Boosting Local Economy
Supporting local businesses, encouraging new investment, and expanding industries that create sustainable jobs and economic opportunities for families.
Key Initiatives Delivered and Ongoing in the Constituency
Delivering measurable progress through action, accountability, and continued commitment to our community.
Advancing plans for new affordable housing opportunities to provide secure and modern homes for residents across West Grand Bahama.
Working with government stakeholders to secure improvements to critical roads and infrastructure throughout the constituency.
SOAR-ing Together
A Four-Pillar Strategy for Security, Opportunity, Affordability, and Reform
Strengthening Security
• New bail and anti-gang laws
• Over 1,000 CCTV cameras
• Over 260 new defence force marines
Key Public Safety & Community Updates
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• 379 new correctional officers
• 26% decrease in homicides
• Record repatriations
• Over 300 immigration officers hired
• Unregulated community demolitions
• Clear Hold Build initiative
• New Community Center in Nassau Village (Freetown and Centreville on the way)
• Sent out the first Marco’s Alert
Making Life More Affordable
• The National School Breakfast Programme
• Minimum wage increased 24%
• VAT reduced from 12% to 10%
• VAT reduced to 0% on unprepared food
Social & Cost of Living Initiatives
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• Import duty eliminated on dozens of food categories
• NHI expansion
• Prescription drug plan expansion
• Catastrophic care fund
• Affordable new homes
Expanding Opportunities
• Upskill
• Digilearn
• National Youth Guard
• PHA Academy
• New agriculture grants
• Access to $122 million for entrepreneurs
National Development Initiatives
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• National Apprentice Programme
• BTVI expansion to Family Islands
• $600 million Grand Bahama Shipyard expansion
• Tens of millions for small Bahamian-owned businesses
• Public Service Professional Engagement Programme
• Family Island development (new airports, roads, clinics, waterworks) – including hundreds of millions of dollars toward the construction and upgrade of airports and runways throughout the country
• Nationwide energy reforms
Working to Reform Government
• Labour law modernization
• First public in service-wide promotion in 8 years
• 2,000+ young people hired in public service
• Promotions and confirmations backlog cleared
• 60 industrials agreements signed increasing pay and expanding benefits
Governance & Economic Reform Initiatives
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• Health insurance for all public servants
• One Tax Bahamas platform
• Land registration reform
• EU blacklist removal
