Madam Speaker, I am informed that 31 Advisers were employed by the Prime Minister’s Office over the period 2015 to November 2024. These include 4 Special Advisers, 11 Senior Advisers and 16 Advisers. I wish to point out that under the former Government, there was actually a carefully crafted ploy to boost up the income of Advisers by allowing them to sit on numerous Boards. Very often, these Advisers were earning revenues from these Boards, which were higher than their initial salary. Madam Speaker, let me make it clear, my Government is committed to ending this discretionary and arbitrary practice of the past, where public funds were allocated based on personal wishes or political convenience. We believe that the remuneration of advisers should not be left to the whims of whoever comes into power. Instead, it should be governed by clear, transparent and fair principles. In this endeavour, my Government has decided, I mentioned it last time, to rationalise the categories of Advisers. In regard to the information requested by the hon. Member, I am tabling a list of former Advisers, which includes their salary packages and the boards and committees on which they equally served during period 2015 to November 2024. I wish also to say... the list is very long. But I can tell you, for example –  Mr Ramprakash Maunthrooa, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister. He got a salary of Rs8.1 million as Special Adviser. But he sat on 14 boards and 7 committees, additionally and for that he got Rs15 million from January 2015 to November 2024, which makes you a total of Rs23.1 million.

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And, these people want to come back to power. Guess why?

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35  Another one, Mr Nayen Koomar Ballah, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister, Rs3.5 million from November 2023 to November 2024. But he sat on 9 boards and he received Rs7.5 million from February 2023 to November 2024, which makes you a total of the Rs11 million. To ena rezon fami sa!  Mr Kreedeo Beekharry, Senior Adviser, Rs7.6 million and then he sat on 6 boards and 3 committees, which makes you a total of Rs23.6 million. He got even more than Mr Maunthrooa who got Rs23.1million.  Mrs Sarah Rawat Currimjee, Senior Adviser, Rs8.3 million, plus 6 boards and 2 committees and she received Rs9 million, total Rs17.3 million.

Adrien em pe gagn sok!

Koze Adrien !

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Are you sure that instead of being him Deputy Speaker …

Chut!

… he should have gone for that job. Mr Ken Arian, Senior Adviser…

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Hon. Members, I can’t hear the Prime Minister.

Tane sa nom la Ken Arian!

Rs3.8 million as Senior Adviser plus he sat on 7 boards and 4 committees. For this, he got Rs11.3 million. In other words, Rs15.1 million.

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This is the kind of abuse the MSM did, this is the kind of abuse.

Shame!

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And they want to … come back into government. They have already destroyed this country. They want to redestroy what we are trying to build now. I must inform the House that the list of Advisers includes a particular Adviser whose specialty, you know what was it? “Ojha”, Mr Bachoo knows what does mean “ojha’’. He was an “ojha’’.

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... prayers, supposedly prayers and he got a monthly salary of Rs32,350. But I will circulate the rest.

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Yes, you are done? You are okay? Alright! Second Member for Grand’ Baie and Poudre d'Or! MR. K. P. – CONTRACT – REMUNERATION & OVERSEAS MISSIONS – PERIOD 2015 TO 2024