Date: 30 April 2012
Location: Kitui
Status: Completed. Presidential endorsement secured.

On 30 April 2012, at Kitui, President Mwai Kibaki planted the tree that completed a personal collection of 80, one for each year of his life, and formally endorsed Plant Your Age for global adoption on the same day. Inside the movement, 2012 is treated as its real launch year, not 2026. This is the point the idea moved from a personal tribute to a publicly endorsed program.