▁parties , ▁including ▁K AN U , ▁the ▁Democratic ▁Party , ▁N AR C – K en ya , ▁FOR D - K en ya , ▁Ford – Pe ople ▁and ▁Sh i rik ish o ▁among ▁others . ▁ ▁The ▁Orange ▁Democratic ▁Mov ement – K en ya ▁( OD M – K en ya ) ▁al liance ▁was ▁expected ▁to ▁field ▁the ▁strong est ▁ch allen ger ▁to ▁K ib aki ; ▁the ▁main ▁parties ▁originally ▁affili ated ▁to ▁O DM – K en ya ▁were ▁the ▁Liberal ▁Democratic ▁Party ▁( LD P ) ▁and ▁K AN U . ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁elections , ▁the ▁L DP ▁had ▁been ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁Rain bow ▁Co al ition ▁( N AR C ) ▁movement ▁backing ▁K ib aki , ▁but ▁its ▁minister s ▁were ▁dismiss ed ▁from ▁the ▁cabinet ▁after ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁constitution al ▁refer endum . ▁K AN U ▁and ▁L DP ▁had ▁originally ▁te amed ▁up ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁refer endum ▁under ▁the ▁b anner ▁Orange ▁Democratic ▁Mov ement , ▁but ▁former ▁president ▁Daniel ▁a rap ▁Mo i ▁was ▁among ▁the ▁K AN U ▁fa ction ▁oppos ing ▁invol vement ▁with ▁the ▁O DM – K en ya ▁coal ition . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁O DM – K en ya ▁split ▁in ▁two ▁in ▁August ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁one ▁remaining ▁as ▁O DM – K en ya ▁and ▁led ▁by