Strategic leadership is an essential ingredient in the meticulous development and implementation of County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP). Poor Implementation is a concern of stakeholders involved in implementation of devolution since the National Government continues to increase resources as shown. Reports from various government agencies mandated to audit and assess the execution of CIDPs and general service delivery have raised queries on the manner the execution of CIDPs. So far the National Government has put controls such as; Legislative control through Public Accounts Committee ( PAIC ) both at the Senate and County Assemblies, Executive Control such as Effective policy, planning and financial control ,Guidelines are issued regularly by National Treasury prior to commencement of budget in accordance with Sec. 104 of PFM Act,2012, Budget Controls through ensuring compliance with budgetary authorizations and adequate monitoring and reporting capabilities are put in place , Auditor General Levels of Expenditure Control through Detection of irregularities. The past studies linking implementation to strategic leadership focused majorly on variables such as innovation, institutionalization, culture, policies and procedure, organization structures and resource allocation as possible factors for implementation. This study sought to identify the influence of strategic human capital development on implementation of Homa Bay County Integrated Development Plan. The study was guided by upper echelons, resource based and stakeholder theories. It adopedt correlational research design, targets 117 respondents consisting of senior and middle level management officers consisting of County Executive Committee Members, chief officers, directors, deputy directors, in Homa-Bay County government and the clerk of the County Assembly. Primary data was collected using structured questionnaire. Cronbach Alpha was used to test instrument reliability at a threshold value of 0.7 while content validity was used to test instrument validity. Both descriptive and inferential statistical tools were employed for analysis and data using the SPSS software for data analysis. The finding were presented using tables. Results indicated that strategic human capital development (β=.231, p<.05) has a positive influence on implementation of county integrated development plan. It was concluded that strategic human capital development has a significant influence on the implementation of CIDP and hence recommended for their improvement. This study opens up research gaps in this subject area and also serves as a relevant source of reference for further research in strategic leadership and implementation of county development programs. Policy makers who are the regulators and the government can benefit from this study as results from this study may assist them to ascertain whether there is any increased implementation of County Integrated Development Plans that can openly be credited to strategic leadership

Keywords : Strategic, Human Capital Development, Implementation, County Integrated Development Plan.