Hon. Kenneth V. Bryan
Minister for Tourism & Port
Elected Member for George Town Central
The Honourable Kenneth Bryan was first elected to the Legislative Assembly (now Parliament) in 2017, when he ran as an independent candidate in George Town Central. Minister Bryan was re-elected in 2021 and is currently serving as the Minister of Tourism & Port (formerly Tourism & Transport). As at 2022 Hon. Bryan is the first Caymanian to be elected as chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) and assumes the chairmanship of CTO’s Council of Ministers, succeeding Lisa Cummins, Minister of Tourism for Barbados.
He is also a member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and participated in many conferences around the world, including being a proponent of taking action to address climate change. Kenneth also served as a member of the Cayman Islands Youth Parliament Committee.
Prior to his political life, Kenneth was known for his time as TV reporter with Cayman 27. He also served as the Political Assistant to the Premier of the Cayman Islands from 2013-2015. He was also the founder of the “Grasp Your Future” voting registration drive in 2013 that helped register over 1,000 young people to participate in the electoral process. In his free time, Kenneth speaks with at-risk youth in various schools, most notably with the “Boys to Men” programme.
Kenneth has a degree in Business Administration from the University College of the Cayman Islands (UCCI). He is also certified as a Backpack Journalist by the Poynter Institute of Media in Tampa and has experience as a civil servant, having entered the workforce as a fire officer in 1997.
His strengths include being firmly connected to the community and being a persistent individual who never gives up, qualities he draws on when representing the people of George Town Central and the wider Cayman Islands.
The annual Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Conference (CWP) marked the launch of the 45th Annual General Meeting, with the Deputy Premier, Hon. Juliana O’Connor-Connolly, JP, MP, and the Speaker, Hon. Katherine Ebanks-Wilks, MP, representing the Cayman Islands. Sessions included discussions on the critical role of women in democratic governance, youth crime, the CWP constitution, and roundtable discussions on the experiences of current female parliamentarians.
“The Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Conference sparked a number of innovative ideas for how I can empower women in my community for the next women’s month” said the Speaker. “More women should be encouraged to enter into leadership roles in politics, so I intend to give women an opportunity to learn how to debate by spending the day at Parliament with myself and other female politicians.”
Following the CWP sessions, delegates held sessions on biodiversity and food security preparedness, adapting to climate change, preparing for national disasters, promoting democracy, crime and security, banking standards, and health care. Mr. Christopher Saunders, MP, was a panelist for the session on banking standards, and provided delegates with best practices from Cayman’s financial management and legislation.
A strong contingent of nearly two-dozen youth parliamentarians gathered on 26th July for the 16th Regional Youth Parliament. The two Caymanian delegates were selected for the top two positions, with Mr. Amani Ebanks as the YP Premier, and Mr. Alex Harris as the YP Leader of the Opposition.
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