At CFS, she is our chair and research lead driving the CFS team to research into the emerging complexities of revenue mobilisation, allocation, and spending. She draws on interdisciplinary knowledge to address issues such as criminal aspects of illicit financial flows, tech tax, power asymmetries in tax norms/rules negotiations, and progressive tax system designing. Part of her research objective at CFS is to explore incorporating the Islamic wealth tax in fiscal systems to finance socio-economic improvement, especially accessible and affordable healthcare, and takes a heterodox critique to mainstream colonial-influenced fiscal regimes. With a PhD in wealth tax, an LLM in public finance, an MA in development and governance, and a first-class LLB, Lyla is a highly qualified specialist in her field. She has worked on various high-profile projects, including drafting Kenya's land laws - a complete overhaul of colonial land laws - and writing amendments to various laws for the Kenyan government. She is an appointed member of the Tax Law Committee of the East Africa Law Society, where she has been instrumental in pioneering tax law reforms and harmonisation of tax for purposes of regional integration. As a non-executive director of the Tax Justice Network and an advisory board member of the International Lawyers Project, Lyla is passionate about supporting the movement for tax justice in international tax rule-making and advancing the entrenchment of the rule of law and human rights as part of governance. In September 2023, Lyla was appointed by the Cabinet Secretary in charge of the Ministry of Information, Communication and Digital Economy to the inaugural Taskforce working group on Emerging Technologies and Data Governance with the mandate to develop the vision, policies and legal framework for propeling Kenya as Africa's digital hub. Lyla is also a widely published academic and has taught at 4 prestigious institutions: the University of Nairobi, Cardiff Law School, LSE, and Warwick Law School. She has been awarded grant funding from the EU, WHO, OSIEA, and OXFAM International, and has provided consultancy services to UNDP, UN Office of the Special Adviser on Africa, UNECA, AFRODAD, TJNA, EATGN, World Vision Kenya, KELIN, UNAIDS, UNCTAD, and OHCHR. You can read about Lyla's background and experiences on her LinkedIn profile and catch up with her on Twitter.