[1] The new party did not put forward a presidential candidate in the 2007 general elections, but won two seats in the National Assembly.
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 December 2012, the party joined the Amani Coalition alongside the National Vision Party, United Democratic Movement and Kenya African National Union to field a single presidential candidate in the 2013 elections.
[6][7] The UDF's Musalia Mudavadi 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.