The New Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Kenya, commonly known as New Ford Kenya was a political party in

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History

The party was established in December 2006 by 12 MPs from FORD-Kenya. The new party did not put forward a presidential candidate in the 2007 general elections, but won two seats in the National Assembly. In 2011

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joined the party and announced plans to be the party's presidential candidate in the 2013 general elections. This created an interest in the party in his native Bungoma and Trans Nzoia counties, and by October 2012, the party had registered 67,345 members and won three civic seats in Bungoma and Trans Nzoia. In the run-up to the March 2013 elections, the party was working with other 'like minded parties' such as

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, United Republican Party and

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. but was left out of the

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. In December 2012, the party joined the Amani Coalition alongside the National Vision Party,

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and

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to field a single presidential candidate in the 2013 elections. The UDF's

Musalia Mudavadi Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi (born 21 September 1960 in Vihiga County Kenya Colony) is a Kenyan politician and land economist who is currently serving as Prime Cabinet Secretary of Kenya, and since 2023, in an expanded role of Foreign & Diaspora ...

was chosen as the Coalition's candidate, finishing fourth with 4% of the vote. In the parliamentary elections, New Ford Kenya won one seat in the Senate and seven in the National Assembly. In 2016 the party merged into the

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.13 parties wind up today for Jubilee merger
Daily Nation, 8 September 2016

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