Kenyan authorities wanted to relocate it to make way for a four lane, 17 mile highway funded by a Chinese corporation.

But Wednesday Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta issued in order to save the tree, declaring at a beacon of Kenya's cultural and ecological heritage.

Environmentalists had been campaigning against the planned destruction of the tree.

Elizabeth Wa Tooty is a prominent Kenyan environmental activist.

This decision today gives me hope that activism works when it comes to protecting our environment and our green spaces.

This particular victory is just a symbol off the bigger picture of what we're asking for.

We want a green and clean city, a green and clean Kenya that is also climate resilient and this means that we cannot afford to sacrifice our green spaces for anything including development.