Three-time Olympic champion and Digicel ambassador, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, is set to receive the Keys to the City of Kingston from the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC).
The Keys to the City of Kingston represent the highest honour the KSAMC can confer. In addition, a road in Waterhouse, where Fraser-Pryce was born and raised, will be named after her.
The decision to bestow the honour on the sprint star was approved at a Council meeting on Tuesday in the Marcus Garvey Council Chamber in downtown Kingston.
Hagley Park Division councillor Waynette Strachan, who moved the resolution, said Fraser-Pryce has made Jamaica proud, transcending sport to become an icon, symbol of hope, and ambassador for Jamaica’s culture.
“To give Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce the Keys to Kingston is to acknowledge not only her incredible achievements as an athlete but also her profound influence as a role model, mentor, and beacon of hope for all Jamaicans,” Strachan said.
She added, “In giving Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce the Keys to the City, we are not just honouring her past accomplishments, but we’re celebrating the promise of all that is yet to come. Her journey is far from over, and I have no doubt that she will continue to inspire, uplift, and break barriers for many years to come.”
