Curriculum Vitae Lyla Latif Lyla Latif MA (University of Duisburg-Essen), LLM (University of Nairobi), LLB (University of Nairobi), PGDip.Law (Kenya School of Law) Advocate and Commissioner for Oaths Tutorial Fellow | University of Nairobi, School of Law Admission Number: P105/8887/11 Email: [email protected] | Cell: +254 713 761 217 | Address: P.O. Box No. 13678-00800 NBI Twitter: @LylaALatif | Website: http://profiles.uonbi.ac.ke/latif Education October 2017 - September 2020, Cardiff University, School of Law and Politics PhD candidate; Validity of developing a legal framework to include Islamic taxation to finance health: A Kenyan case study October 2014 - September 2015, University of Duisburg - Essen, Institute of Political Science, Germany Master of Arts in Development and Governance (Public Policy and Good Governance) October 2011 to October 2012, University of Nairobi, School of Law, Kenya Masters in Law (LLM) in Public Finance and Financial Services Law January 2010 to October 2010, Kenya School of Law Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (Dip. Law (KSL)) October 2005 to October 2009, University of Nairobi, School of Law, Kenya Bachelor of Laws (LLB First Class Honours) September 2002 to July 2004, Visa Oshwal Secondary School, Kenya London Examinations General Certificate of Education, Advanced Level (Three Subjects: English Literature, Law and Psychology) July 2001 to March 2002, Career Training Centre, Kenya Certificate in Travel and Tourism Operations & Diploma in IATA/UFTAA Foundation Course September 1997 to May 2001, Arya Vedic Secondary School, Kenya London Examinations General Certificate of Education, Ordinary Level (Five Subjects: Accounting, Commerce, English Language, English Literature and Swahili) Skills Training September - November 2017, University of Nicosia Introduction to Digital Currencies - Certificate 13th – 17th June 2016, Harvard FXB & O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown Law School, Washington DC USA Training in Health Rights Litigation - Certificate 28th June - 3rd July 2015, School of Business and Tax Law, Westfaelische Wilhems University, Muenster - Germany Training in International EU Tax Law - Certificate 1st April – 26th September 2014, KAPITO Sprachschule (language school), Muenster, Germany Training in German language - Certificate 12th – 16th August 2013, International Law Institute – Africa Centre for Legal Excellence, Kampala, Uganda Advanced Training in International Criminal Law - Certificate 13th – 25th August 2012, International Law Institute – Africa Centre for Legal Excellence, Kampala, Uganda Training in International Criminal Law - Certificate Curriculum Vitae Lyla Latif August 2010, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, USA Training in Access to Justice and Trial Advocacy - Certificate July 2006 to January 2007, Jaamia Training Institute, Kenya Certificate in Arabic Grammar Academic Position August 2016 (Current): Tutorial Fellow at the School of Law, University of Nairobi (on study leave) Lecturing on commercial law, consumer protection, pensions law and securities regulation, as well as supervising undergraduate dissertations and LLM theses. Main Professional Position August 2011 to August 2017: Senior Associate at Rachier & Amollo Advocates. Practice areas: corporate and commercial law negotiations and drafting the transaction documentations, constitutional, criminal and administrative law litigation. Working on government awarded consultancies, conducting legal and regulatory audits. Legislative drafting. Advising corporate clients and restructuring companies. Negotiating power purchase agreements and JVCs. Incorporating trusts, LLPs and companies. Providing general legal advice and mediating succession and property claims. Other Professional Experiences November 2016 - March 2017: Secretary General for Tunza Coalition. Responsible for legal and electoral obligations of the coalition and developing the coalitions strategic plan. Advising on legal and political reforms for the coalition to advance as its manifesto. August 2009 - August 2017: Researcher to Dr. Attiya Waris (Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Nairobi). Research areas: Emerging trends in Islamic banking & finance, identifying sources and chains of illicit financial flows and providing recommendations to curb such flows from the African continent, researching on domestic resource mobilisation, money laundering, cross border taxation, health rights, tax abuse by mining companies, tax evasion, fiscal remedies for minority communities in extractives sector, secrecy jurisdictions and tax literacy. May 2016: Rapporteur for KELIN and the Commonwealth Foundation. Wrote the report on the National Assembly Dialogue on the Actualisation of Article 23(2) of the Constitution to Give Jurisdiction on Human Rights and Constitutional Matters to Subordinate Courts. November 2015: Rapporteur for KELIN and Commonwealth Foundation. Wrote the report on the public debate on HIV and Governance: Actions for Policy and Lawmakers. February - March 2015: Consultant for the Rhine Ruhr Institute for Social Research and Policy Advice, Germany. Consultant on law and policy with respect to religious rights. Researching on Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. October 2013: Rapporteur for UNDP and KELIN. Wrote the report on Judicial Dialogue on HIV, Human Rights and the Law in Eastern and Southern Africa. March 2013: Legal advisor and lead researcher for the Presidential Campaign Secretariat for Hon. Raila Odinga (Former Prime Minister) Investigating electoral malpractices and preparing documentary evidence to support the filing of Petition No.5 of 2013 to challenge the validity of the presidential elections. July 2012: Rapporteur to the Financial and Legal Sector Technical Assistance Project (FLSTAP), Ministry of Finance. Curriculum Vitae Lyla Latif Played a key role in aiding discussions and documenting a suitable report for the four-day workshop on Curriculum Development for the School of Law, University of Nairobi. May - July 2012: Researcher to Dr. Nathan Rono of the Treaties Department, AG’s Chambers Research area: Regional integration and assessing the extent to which civil society and the private sector play a role in the EAC integration. June 2011: Rapporteur to the Financial and Legal Sector Technical Assistance Project (FLSTAP), Ministry of Finance. Wrote the report on Banking Law, Capital Markets and Corporate Governance with respect to the Emerging Trends in Commercial and Financial Law. October 2010 to July 2011: Lawyer at Okoth & Kiplagat Advocates. Practice areas included: drafting trial documents, writing legal opinions, advising private clientele, contract negotiations and legal research. July 2010: Rapporteur for UNIFEM Played a key role during the roundtable discussion for input into the draft Kadhi Court Rules. Grant Funding 2012 - 2016: Part of an international consortium under Work Package 3 as a researcher funded by a grant (HEALTH F1-2012-305240) from the European Commission’s Directorate for Research and Innovation towards researching and publishing on formulating new goals for the right to health and proposing a new governance, legal and financing structure to realise these new goals (Go4Health) International Research Consultancies/Projects 2017 Researching on and preparing a report on access to fiscal remedies by communities affected by the business related human rights abuses by mining corporations in Africa commissioned by African Coalition for Corporate Responsibility. 2015 Researching on Mining Companies, Tax Abuses and Human Rights Violations in Zambia. Project commissioned by International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute. 2014 - 2015 Researching on the impact of Illicit Financial Flows on Domestic Resource Mobilization: Optimizing Africa’s Mineral Revenues commissioned by United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. Examined the legal and regulatory challenges in Zambia, Tanzania, DRC and South Africa which result in tax leakages within the mining sector. 2014 - 2015 Conducted a Case Study on Human Rights, Health Policymaking & Programming in Cherengany’i Sub County (Kenya). Commissioned by the World Health Organisation. Consultancies, Legal Audits and Legislative Drafting July 2016 Rural Electrification Authority Conducted a comprehensive legal audit of the Authority’s departments and prepared a template for each department to assess its level of compliance with the specific laws applicable to each department and to also assess it level of exposure to risk as a result of non compliance. 2013 - 2014 Privatisation Commission of Kenya Reviewed the legal and regulatory framework for privatization in Kenya, examined the coherency of the Privatization Act with the Constitution and other related laws, assessed the effect of the Public Private Partnerships Act on the functions of the Commission and drafted amendments to the Privatization Act (No. 2 of 2005) and assessed the best practices in Europe and Asia to borrow from in order to mitigate the risks, implications and challenges that may arise during repeal of the Act. Curriculum Vitae Lyla Latif 2013 - 2014 Tax Justice Network – Africa Examined and analysed the impact and risk of double taxation agreements in generating revenue in Kenya, addressed the legal and regulatory challenges that exist in the economy that promote and are conducive to tax evasion and made recommendations to overcome these legal and regulatory challenges. 2013 Taita Taveta University College Reviewed its Trust Deed and Rules and drafted