The study aimed at studying factors for effective implementation of training programs by using a systematic training approach in local government at Meru District Council. Specifically, the study looked at four specific objectives; to find out how the training needs assessment is conducted, to determine if the council staff training is planned according to the best instructional design models or practices, also, to find out whether training program is implemented as planned and to find out whether the Meru District Council has established an appropriate mechanism to evaluate the quality of training provided. The study employed a case study research design whereby Meru District Council was selected. The study applied a purposive and random sampling technique to select a sample size of 66 respondents. Interviews; questionnaires and documentary reviews were the methods employed to collect the data. Both qualitative and quantitative data collected were analysed by using thematic and statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). The findings of the study indicate that training needs assessment was not conducted, further more the field data indicate that some stages in STA were not followed particularly the TNA’s and evaluation stages. In addition, findings revealed that the training programs were implemented as planned, and lastly findings indicated that evaluation of training was not conducted after training. Generally, the study found that trainings conducted in MDC did not adhere to Systematic Training Approach. This made effectiveness of the training to be questionable. As a result, such training in an organization leads to failure to meet targeted objective thus rendering the whole process useless and wastage of time and resources. It is imperative therefore to actors of local government authorities, the responsible Ministries to come up with strategies of implementing and evaluating training through the use SAT. In this light, the study recommends the use of Grace Instructional Model for training as it is applicable in local government environment