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…The limitation period for actions founded on simple contract or on tort in England is six years. Section 2(1) Limitation Act 1939.…

…Secondly, the limitation period for an action founded on tort here is not the same, as it is in England, but different and only three years.…

…The Plaintiff filed suit after limitation period without leave. The Plaintiff made attempt, without pleading, to argue that the case out of the limitation bar.…

…There is no provision for extension of time to apply for such leave in the Limitations of Actions Act (Cap 22, Laws of Kenya) which gives some limited right for extension of time to file suits after expiry of a Limitation…

…period.…

…of limitation be extended.…

…The appellant’s contention is that the facts relating to the loss of eyesight came to his knowledge after the three year period of limitation and that some of the facts which the appellant did not know about were; in 1977…