Forum for the Restoration of Democracy was a political party and a movement against one-party system in Kenya. However, it split before the 1992 General elections, the first multiparty elections held in Kenya.
The original FORD split into three political parties:
- Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-Asili
- Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-People
- Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-Kenya
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