Strategic planning as a planning tool is highly regarded in learning institutions and organizations in Kenya. Public secondary school strategic planning gained popularity from the year 2008 when the ministry of education directed that all schools should run on a strategic plan to guide their planning. The major impediment for effective institutional strategic planning process is the inadequacy of financial resources for formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of institutional strategic plans. The government through the Ministry of Education needs to ensure adequate financial resources to facilitate the training of school managers and involvement of all stakeholders to execute effective strategic planning in institutions of learning.