In August 1992, the original FORD (Forum for the Restoration of Democracy) split into two factions.
The Odinga-Wamalwa faction remained in the original Nairobi party headquarters at Agip House on Haile Selassie Avenue whilst the Matiba-Shikuku faction moved to Muthithi House on Muthithi Road in Westlands.
Thus for a period prior to registration as independent parties, the two factions were known as FORD-Agip and FORD-Muthithi.
FORD-Asili's candidate Kenneth Matiba polled second to KANU's Daniel Toroitich arap Moi in 1992 and won 31 parliamentary seats,[1] dominating Murang'a District in Central Province and garnering a credible portion of the votes in Eastern and Western Provinces.
[2] In 2007, Ford-Asili supported Mwai Kibaki again as presidential candidate, this time under the Party of National Unity banner and won a single parliamentary seat in its own right (Kirinyaga Central – John Kariuki).