Ugandans Demand Deportation of American Missionary Mac Miller Over Racist Comments, Calls to Children

A wave of outrage has swept across Uganda after an American missionary was caught on video making racist remarks, including telling a local man he was a monkey and calling Ugandans intellectually inferior.

The missionary, identified online as Mac Miller, lives in Lweza in Mukono district and runs a TikTok account with more than 27,500 followers. He claims to be 21 years old and his content shows him preaching, interacting with residents and working with young Ugandan children.

Miller arrived in Uganda around March 2026, documenting his travels across the United States and parts of Asia before shifting his content to life in Mukono, conversations with residents and attempts to learn Luganda.

The controversy began after content creator Eric Bryanstone published screenshots showing Miller liking or responding to racist content. One post showed Miller liking a racist meme attached to a video of white women dancing with their black friends. He also liked a comment which read: “What’s your biggest red flag? Being brown.” Another comment claimed white people were “better than Africans,” which Miller liked and reacted to with a salute emoji.

A video later surfaced showing Miller speaking to a man at a chapati stall. Miller tells the man, “I think you are a monkey,” before making sounds associated with a monkey.

Ugandan activist Mama Kwezi shared the video on X, writing: “Dear Ugandans we have this Muzungu pretending to be a missionary in Uganda and he is a racist caught live telling people how we have low IQ and he is better than us Ugandans. @PoliceUg can you please pick this man up, you can not preach to people you hate. This man is dangerous.” She further warned that “most of them are pedophiles and murderers,” referencing a previous case of a fake American doctor who killed children in Kayunga.

The screenshots and videos sparked anger across Instagram, TikTok and other platforms. Hundreds of people questioned why he was conducting missionary work among people he allegedly demeaned online. “This guy is a racist and a hypocrite,” one TikTok user wrote. “Preaching while being racist is just outrageous,” another comment read. Other users demanded action from Ugandan authorities, with one asking Ugandans to report him, while another wrote: “Let him go back to his country.” A commenter from South Africa urged Uganda to “do the right thing” and challenge what she described as false expressions of love.

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Dear ugandans we have this Muzungu pretending to be a missionary in uganda &he is a racist caught live telling people how we have low IQ and he is better than us Ugandans @PoliceUg can you please pick this man up , you can not preach to people you hate .
This man is dangerous pic.twitter.com/KB0TzncylP

— Mama Kwezi of Uganda (@KweziMama) September 3, 2026

Miller’s Instagram account disappeared shortly after users reported it, but his TikTok account remained active by Thursday afternoon, flooded with angry comments. The allegations have not been tested by the police, immigration authorities or a court. Miller had also not issued a public response to the specific accusations by the time reports were reviewed.

The incident has also revived painful memories of previous cases involving foreign missionaries in Uganda. In a well-documented case, American missionary Renee Bach opened a medical clinic in Uganda at age 19 without any medical training, and over 800 children died under her care. She was never arrested, never charged and never held accountable. Another case involved a Vietnam veteran pastor who was arrested for assaulting hotel staff while on a missionary trip.

Ugandan authorities cannot deport a foreigner merely because social media users demand it. They must act under immigration law and follow due process. Section 47(g) of the Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Control Act allows the minister to deport any person whose presence in Uganda is deemed contrary to national interest, but this requires formal procedures.

The case has drawn attention to the broader history of missionary activity and colonialism in Africa, with some users connecting the allegations to a pattern of racial superiority embedded in missionary work. As one observer noted: “None of these missionaries are genuine. I always saw it as arrogance to go to another country and impose yourself on the local population.”

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