Forum for the Restoration of Democracy

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opposition party political party

Forum for the Restoration of Democracy was a prominent Kenyan opposition political party associated with Jaramogi Oginga Odinga that played a key role in the struggle for multi-party democracy in the early 1990s.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Forum for the Restoration of Democracy canonical	4
Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Asili	1
Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–People	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10924415 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Forum for the Restoration of Democracy
Context triple: [Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, politicalParty, Forum for the Restoration of Democracy]

A. Alliance for Democracy
The Alliance for Democracy is a Nigerian political party historically associated with progressive, pro-democracy politics and strong support in the country’s southwest region.
B. Forum for Democratic Change
Forum for Democratic Change is a major Ugandan opposition political party known for challenging the long-standing rule of President Yoweri Museveni and the National Resistance Movement.
C. League for Democracy and Peace
The League for Democracy and Peace was a Burmese political organization founded by former Prime Minister U Nu as part of his post-independence efforts to promote democratic governance and national reconciliation in Myanmar.
D. Congress for Democratic Change
The Congress for Democratic Change is a major Liberian political party known for its strong opposition role and association with former football star and later president George Weah.
E. Movement for the Republic
Movement for the Republic was a Polish conservative political party that emerged in the 1990s and later became one of the constituent groups within the broader Solidarity Electoral Action coalition.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Forum for the Restoration of Democracy
Target entity description: Forum for the Restoration of Democracy was a prominent Kenyan opposition political party associated with Jaramogi Oginga Odinga that played a key role in the struggle for multi-party democracy in the early 1990s.

A. Alliance for Democracy
The Alliance for Democracy is a Nigerian political party historically associated with progressive, pro-democracy politics and strong support in the country’s southwest region.
B. Forum for Democratic Change
Forum for Democratic Change is a major Ugandan opposition political party known for challenging the long-standing rule of President Yoweri Museveni and the National Resistance Movement.
C. League for Democracy and Peace
The League for Democracy and Peace was a Burmese political organization founded by former Prime Minister U Nu as part of his post-independence efforts to promote democratic governance and national reconciliation in Myanmar.
D. Congress for Democratic Change
The Congress for Democratic Change is a major Liberian political party known for its strong opposition role and association with former football star and later president George Weah.
E. Movement for the Republic
Movement for the Republic was a Polish conservative political party that emerged in the 1990s and later became one of the constituent groups within the broader Solidarity Electoral Action coalition.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	opposition party ⓘ political party ⓘ
activePeriod	early 1990s ⓘ
areaOfActivity	Kenyan national politics ⓘ
associatedWith	Jaramogi Oginga Odinga ⓘ
basedIn	Nairobi ⓘ
country	Kenya ⓘ
countryOfOperation	Kenya ⓘ
goal	introduction of competitive multi‑party elections in Kenya ⓘ restoration of democracy in Kenya ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	FORD ⓘ
hasFaction	Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Asili ⓘ linked to: Forum for the Restoration of Democracy Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Kenya ⓘ Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–People ⓘ linked to: Forum for the Restoration of Democracy
hasKeyFigure	Jaramogi Oginga Odinga ⓘ Kenneth Matiba ⓘ Martin Shikuku ⓘ Masinde Muliro ⓘ
hasLeader	Jaramogi Oginga Odinga ⓘ
historicalContext	transition from one‑party to multi‑party system in Kenya ⓘ
ideology	democracy ⓘ political pluralism ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
movementType	pro‑democracy movement ⓘ
notableFor	advocacy for political reforms in Kenya ⓘ being a prominent Kenyan opposition party in the early 1990s ⓘ challenging the ruling KANU party ⓘ
opposed	Kenya African National Union one‑party system ⓘ one‑party rule in Kenya ⓘ
playedRoleIn	reintroduction of multi‑party politics in Kenya ⓘ
politicalPosition	opposition to Kenya African National Union ⓘ pro‑multiparty democracy ⓘ
politicalSystemChallenged	one‑party presidential system in Kenya ⓘ
regionServed	Kenya ⓘ
shortName	FORD ⓘ
significantEvent	struggle for multi‑party democracy in Kenya ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jaramogi Oginga Odinga → politicalParty → Forum for the Restoration of Democracy ⓘ

Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Kenya → partOf → Forum for the Restoration of Democracy ⓘ

Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Kenya → originatedFrom → Forum for the Restoration of Democracy ⓘ

Odinga → associatedPoliticalParty → Forum for the Restoration of Democracy ⓘ

Forum for the Restoration of Democracy → hasFaction → Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Asili ⓘ

linked to: Forum for the Restoration of Democracy

Forum for the Restoration of Democracy → hasFaction → Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–People ⓘ