Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.
Eastern DRCongo (Uele, Kivu), Rwanda and Burundi east to western Kenya (Kakamega and Nandi Forests) and north-western Tanzania (Bukoba area). Also southern Sudan (Lotti Forest).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Jameson's Wattle-eye (Platysteira jamesoni) [XC453447]
by Scott Connop from Rondo Retreat garden and nearby trail system, Kakamega Forest, Kakamega County, Kenya (song)
Jameson's Wattle-eye (Platysteira jamesoni) [XC98733]
by James Bradley from Kakamega Forest Reserve, Kenya (call, wing snapping and contact call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Red-cheeked Wattle-eye (Dyaphorophyia blissetti).