Claim: In the 2007 Kenyan general election, Mwai Kibaki ran for re-election, later announcing that he would run as the candidate of a new alliance called the Party of National Unity.
Evidence: Incumbent Mwai Kibaki, running on a Party of National Unity (PNU) ticket, defeated Raila Odinga, leader of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and Kalonzo Musyoka of Orange Democratic Movement–Kenya. Mwai Kibaki Party of National Unity On 16 September 2007, Kibaki announced that he would run as the candidate of a new alliance called the Party of National Unity, which would include a number of parties, including KANU, the Democratic Party, NARC–Kenya, FORD-Kenya, Ford–People and Shirikisho among others.