Karanja

MEMORANDUM **

Edward Karanja, a national and citizen of Kenya, and his wife, Winnie Hiuhu, petition for review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) adopting the immigration judge’s (IJ) decision denying their application for asylum and withholding of removal under both the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and the United Nations Convention *209 Against Torture (CAT). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a)(1) and deny the petition for review.

I

The IJ’s adverse credibility determination is supported by specific, cogent reasons, see Gui v. INS, 280 F.3d 1217, 1225 (9th Cir.2002), and substantial evidence. Naranja testified that the editor of the magazine for which he worked, and with whom he was ai*rested, was convicted of treason and served three years; however, this was contradicted by other evidence that the editor was jailed for failing to file financial reports and, more importantly, was sentenced to nine months but served less than a month. Further, Naranja testified that his fingernails were plucked out, whereas his declaration said toenails. Finally, Naranja admitted to submitting a manufactured and fraudulent Democratic Party…