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But not all feel the same way. Back outside Kenya's national stadium, Mr Njau, a businessman, says he does not see how the Commonwealth helps him: "It is crazy that we're even in that wealth - whatever that Commonwealth is - I have tried to research how we benefit as Kenyans by being in the Commonwealth and it looks like it just benefits a few leaders, a few people."