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Light moments add fizz to BBI hearing

Lawyer John Khaminwa reads a document at the Supreme court building on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 during the commencement of the hearing of the BBI appeal case.[Collins Kweyu, Standard]

It was a moment of reckoning at the Supreme Court as parties made their final submissions to persuade the judges to agree with their thinking on why the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) should be stopped or allowed to proceed.

However, behind the mean, serious-looking faces of advocates trying to outdo each other in legal arguments were humorous moments that broke the somber mood occasioned by the seriousness of monumental dispute at hand.

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