Source document
State of the Citizenship by Investment Programme Speech by Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Terrance Drew
Has everything in it been taken?
CompleteReviewed 8 Oct 2026
Reviewed. Everything in it that belongs in the tables has been taken.
What the document holds
Prime Minister's 'State of the CBI' speech of 17 Oct 2024: CBI revenue to the Federal Government 2019-2023 and Jan-Sep 2024 (already recorded); CBI said to have contributed 60-70 percent of Federal revenue when the government took office (Aug 2022); reform timeline (first investigation report Oct 2022, Dubai announcement 1 Dec 2022, new regulations by 23 Dec 2022, US-Caribbean roundtable Feb 2023, minimum raised to US$250,000 by July 2023, regional MoA March 2024); 'Prison Project' claim; list of planned projects (one, a new Basseterre High School, said to be CBI-funded, no amount). Rest is political programme, out of scope.
What it supports
12 rows on this site come from this document. Each one opens with the page and the exact words.
Other documents give different figures in 5 cases involving this one. Both are kept.
Numbers (7)
- CBI revenue to governmentXCD 218 million2024-01-01/2024-09-30 · SKNIS 2024ClaimSt Kitts and Nevis · Citizenship by investment programme
- CBI revenue to governmentXCD 620 million2023 · SKNIS 2024ClaimSt Kitts and Nevis · Citizenship by investment programme
- CBI revenue to governmentXCD 669 million2022 · SKNIS 2024ClaimSt Kitts and Nevis · Citizenship by investment programme
- CBI revenue to governmentXCD 543 million2021 · SKNIS 2024ClaimSt Kitts and Nevis · Citizenship by investment programme
- CBI revenue to governmentXCD 271 million2020 · SKNIS 2024ClaimSt Kitts and Nevis · Citizenship by investment programme
- CBI revenue to governmentXCD 443 million2019 · SKNIS 2024ClaimSt Kitts and Nevis · Citizenship by investment programme
- CBI share of government revenue60–70%2022 · SKNIS 2024ClaimSt Kitts and Nevis · Citizenship by investment programme
Timeline (4)
- St Kitts PM: citizenship revenue fell 60%, visa access at risk17 Oct 2024ContextSt Kitts and Nevis · Citizenship by investment programme
- St Kitts hosts US talks on citizenship-sale safeguardsFeb 2023ContextSt Kitts and Nevis · Citizenship by investment programme
- New CBI regulations enacted; underselling criminalised23 Dec 2022Rule changeSt Kitts and Nevis · Citizenship by investment programme
- PM claims past project issued tens of thousands of passports2019ScandalSt Kitts and Nevis · Citizenship by investment programme
About the document
What it covers PM's annual CBI revenue figures 2019-2023 and Jan-Sep 2024 (EC$m); claims about previous administration and EU/UK visa risk; reform timeline.
Notes Political speech; figures unaudited and rounded. They match the audited/estimates figures closely for 2019-2023 but not for 2024 (see observations).
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