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”’Jackline Juma”’ is a Kenyan football coach and former player who serves as the head coach at Kenya U-20 women side, The Rising Starlets. She is credited as being the first ever female to coach a [[Kenyan Premier League]] side when she joined [[FC Talanta]]<ref name=”the-star”>{{cite news |title=Jackline Juma appointed new Talanta FC coach |url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/realtime/2024-08-09-jackline-juma-appointed-new-talanta-fc-coach |access-date=4 February 2026 |work=[[The Star (Kenya)]] |date=9 August 2024}}</ref> as the head coach in August 2024.<ref>FKF, 12 August 2024 [https://footballkenya.org/2024/08/12/breaking-barriers-coach-jackline-juma-makes-history-in-fkf-premier-league/ Breaking Barriers: Coach Jackline Juma Makes History in FKF Premier League]</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Arege |first1=Toto |title=Jackline Juma, stepping where no woman has stepped before |url=https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/football/jackline-juma-stepping-where-no-woman-has-stepped-before-4729092#story |access-date=4 February 2026 |work=[[Daily Nation]] |date=18 August 2024}}</ref><ref name=”kimathi”>{{cite news |last1=Kimathi |first1=Kelvin |title=Jackline Juma: Kenya’s female manager making African football history |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c36ped7lj2yo |access-date=4 February 2026 |work=[[BBC Sport]] |date=1 November 2024}}</ref><ref> |
”’Jackline Juma”’ is a Kenyan football coach and former player who serves as the head coach at Kenya U-20 women side, The Rising Starlets. She is credited as being the first ever female to coach a [[Kenyan Premier League]] side when she joined [[FC Talanta]]<ref name=”the-star”>{{cite news |title=Jackline Juma appointed new Talanta FC coach |url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/realtime/2024-08-09-jackline-juma-appointed-new-talanta-fc-coach |access-date=4 February 2026 |work=[[The Star (Kenya)]] |date=9 August 2024}}</ref> as the head coach in August 2024.<ref>FKF, 12 August 2024 [https://footballkenya.org/2024/08/12/breaking-barriers-coach-jackline-juma-makes-history-in-fkf-premier-league/ Breaking Barriers: Coach Jackline Juma Makes History in FKF Premier League]</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Arege |first1=Toto |title=Jackline Juma, stepping where no woman has stepped before |url=https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/football/jackline-juma-stepping-where-no-woman-has-stepped-before-4729092#story |access-date=4 February 2026 |work=[[Daily Nation]] |date=18 August 2024}}</ref><ref name=”kimathi”>{{cite news |last1=Kimathi |first1=Kelvin |title=Jackline Juma: Kenya’s female manager making African football history |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c36ped7lj2yo |access-date=4 February 2026 |work=[[BBC Sport]] |date=1 November 2024}}</ref><ref> https://www.cafonline.com/womens-football/news/gender-should-not-be-a-barrier-jackline-juma/ </ref> |
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Kenyan football manager
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Jackline Juma is a Kenyan football coach and former player who serves as the head coach at Kenya U-20 women side, The Rising Starlets. She is credited as being the first ever female to coach a Kenyan Premier League side when she joined FC Talanta[1] as the head coach in August 2024.[2][3][4][5]
Juma began playing football at the age of 9.[4] She represented the Kenya national team at international level[1] before retiring in 2016.[4]
She has coached Kenyan women’s teams including Gor Mahia Queens, Gaspo Women FC, Kayole Starlets, and Acakoro Ladies as well as Kenya U15,[6] U17, and U20 girls’ national teams.[7] She holds a CAF A License, and is a certified CAF Elite Coach Educator.
