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…and we quote:- “We would add that, where as happened in this case at the time of the taking of plea there appears to be an unusual circumstance such as injury to the accused, or the accused is confused, or there has been inordinate…

…delay in bringing the accused to Court from the date of arrest etc, then an explanation of the circumstance must form an integral part of the facts to be stated by the prosecution to the Court.…

…After such inordinate delay the appellant was entitled to assume, the revival of suit (not attempted before expiry of limitation) had been abandoned and to regulate his affair of suit or to develop the same.”…

…given in East Africa than in England by order LVIII rule 15 of the Rules of the Supreme Court, the mistake of a legal adviser could amount to sufficient cause, though in that case there was held to be no mistake but merely inordinate…

…delay, a factor which weighed with the court in Gachau v Karau (supra).…