Exhibit
31.1


CERTIFICATION


I, John
K. Keach, Jr., certify that:





1.      I
have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Home Federal
Bancorp;





2.      Based on
my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or


omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances


under
which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report;





3.      Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and
other financial information included in this


report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash


flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods
presented in this report;





4.      The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining


disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))


and internal control over financial reporting (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and


15d - 15(f)) for the registrant and
have:





(a)       Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
caused such disclosure controls and


procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
ensure that material information relating


to the
registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by
others within


those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;





(b)       Designed
such internal controls over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control


over financial reporting to be designed
under our supervision, to provide reasonable


assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial


statements for external purposes in
accordance with generally accepted accounting


principles;





(c)       Evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures
and


presented in this report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls


and procedures, as of the end of the
period covered by this report based on such


evaluation; and





(d)       Disclosed
in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting


that
occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s
fourth fiscal


quarter
in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to


materially
affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting;
and





5.      The
registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most
recent evaluation


of
internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the
audit committee of


the
registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):





(a)       All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of
internal


control over financial reporting which
are reasonably likely to adversely affect the


registrant’s ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information; and





(b)       Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who
have


a
significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting.





Date:
      March 14, 2008
            /s/  John K.
      Keach, Jr.
              John
      K. Keach, Jr., President and Chief
              Executive
      Officer