The party was briefly subject to a leadership struggle as a faction of 'rebel' ODM Members of Parliament, allied to William Ruto attempted to take control of the party to use it as their platform for the 2012 elections.[2] However, following resistance from the existing leadership Ruto and his allies opted to form the United Republican Party.[3][4] in December 2012, the party was part of a short lived four party coalition, including the National Vision Party, New Ford Kenya and Kenya African National Union to field a single presidential candidate at the 2013 general elections,[5] before finally settling on becoming part of the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy[6]