Opondo was charged alongside his friends Christian Mbeva, Garvin Otieno and Alex Kaia where they are accused of robbing Maara in the Ridgeways area of Starehe Sub-county on October 20.
Onyancha, who led the Coast regional security team to assess the situation, urged the communities displaced by the clashes to return to their homes.
IPOA's latest report reveals that the military presence was not just unlawful but a deliberate effort to suppress dissent and create a militarized state.
According to the police, the incident happened when officers on patrol arrested two soldiers (unbeknown to them) along the way and two more civilians at the Cornerstone area at around 1:30 am.
The inquiry conducted over nine months from August last year to April this year, sought amongst others to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions implemented by the government security agencies since January last year to restore peace and normalcy in the affected areas, challenges faced and make recommendations to security challenges in the region.
He said many people who called or texted during the recruitment period wanted employment favours.
"If the KDF had not come to assist, we could have lost many MPs, including our Speaker," Duale stated.
Before his appointment to Stratcomm, Njuguna has been serving as Head of Postgraduate Studies and Director of Corporate Communications at the National Defence University-Kenya based in Nakuru.
Over a decade after the Operation Linda Nchi mission was launched, most of the Kenyan soldiers are set to exit Somalia.
More changes were made in line with the recommendations of the Defence Council.
The court also awarded the affected communities Sh30 million for damages suffered following the illegality, with the money to be jointly contributed by the Marsabit County Government, the Chief of Defence Forces and the Defence Cabinet Secretary.
Earlier this month, two UH-1 Huey military helicopters arrived in the country and are currently being assembled by a specialised team of US Air Force technicians.
During the operation, Al-Shabaab militants offered minimal resistance, opting to retreat as the Somali Army, the ground forces component of the Somali National Armed Forces (SNAF), and local clan forces advanced.
Founded as a response to the #RejectFinanceBill protests that swept the nation over the past two weeks, Medics for Kenya has been instrumental in providing free healthcare to individuals injured during the demonstrations.
President Ruto, nonetheless, made it clear that those protestors who engage in criminal-like activities will be dealt with accordingly.
Raila expressed his concern that the judicial endorsement of this practice undermines the role of the Kenyan police force, which is constitutionally mandated to handle internal security issues.
The notice, second this week, comes after the high court nullified an earlier one for failing to follow the proper procedure.
The court has given the government two days to publish another gazette notice with details about where the KDF is deployed.
Wetangula said the committee is required to expeditiously commence consideration of the President's Memorandum, its reservations, and recommendation, and report to the House at the next regular sitting upon its resumption.
In Nairobi, the streets were filled with Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) troops who were roaming the CBD. But this did not stop protesters from showing up.