Mauritius: Lobine calls for higher police risk allowance
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Defimedia
Mauritian MP Khushal Lobine is calling for an increase in police risk allowances, which he says are capped at 1,045 rupees a month, or about 35 rupees a day for some officers. He is also seeking a review of their working conditions and the implementation of a pay scheme for officers called back during their rest periods, in a Facebook post.
Khushal Lobine, a Mauritian MP for the La Caverne–Phoenix constituency and leader of the Nouveaux Démocrates, is calling for a substantial increase in police risk allowances. He is also calling for a review of their working conditions following recent public disorder, in a Facebook post reported by Defimedia.
The allowance is capped at 1,045 Mauritian rupees a month for many frontline police officers, or about 35 rupees a day, under the Pay Research Bureau 2026 provisions cited by Lobine. Those affected include officers assigned to police stations, the Criminal Investigation Department and the Emergency Response Service.
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