KENDA was taken over by businessman Kamlesh Pattni in 2006,[2] and the party fielded 170 candidates,[3] including ten former MPs, in the 2007 general elections,[4] the second highest number of candidates after the Orange Democratic Movement.[3] However, the party won only one seat; Linah Kilimo in Marakwet East. In the 2013 elections KENDA nominated 13 National Assembly candidates, receiving 0.2% of the vote, losing its seat.