Episode 1: What is a Tax System and What Makes it Fair

This opening episode of IPF Tax Conversations sets the stage for a season on wealth taxation in Kenya. Host Mark Gachagua is joined by a Member of Parliament and a public finance expert to explore why taxes matter to everyone, not just economists, tracing the idea of fairness in taxation from ancient Egypt's grain levies to today's Kenya. The conversation asks why a student, a boda boda rider, or a small business owner should care about tax policy, and sets up the bigger questions the series will unpack: who really pays, what counts as wealth, and whether the system works for everyone.