Hussein Mohammed[a] was an Ugandan military officer who served as commander of the Uganda Army's Eagle Colonel Gaddafi Battalion, stationed in Jinja, during the rule of Idi Amin.

The two met at Crested Crane Hotel, where Hussein angrily rebuffed Kakuyo's appeals for Nkutu's life, falsely claiming that the minister "has already been freed by the army and returned to his residence at Rippon Gardens (Jinja).

Idi Amin's government later declared Nkutu a traitor; the minister's body was eventually found floating in the Nile.

[2] In April 1975, Hussein was promoted to head of the entire Gaddafi Battalion by President Amin during a meeting at Nakasero officers' mess, succeeding Isaac Maliyamungu.

[7][8] Regardless, the war turned against Uganda, and the country's capital Kampala fell to the Tanzania People's Defence Force (TPDF) and allied rebels on 10–11 April 1979.

A police officer later claimed that many soldiers were violently opposed to surrender, as they belonged to the West Nile tribes and feared execution as partisans of Amin.

[1] With his troops no longer following orders, Hussein deserted his post and fled to Kenya in early April,[1] accompanied by "many" other soldiers of the battalion.