Macharia v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Decided: 2026-10-14. Docket: IMM-14286-25. Citation: 2026 FC 1270 (CanLII). Citizenship and immigration — Refugee protection — Refugee Appeal Division — IRPA, ss. 96 and 97 — Whether claim confirmed as neither Convention refugee nor person in need of protection — Credibility concerns underpinning risk narrative tied to matrimonial property dispute — Internal relocation safety in Kenya alleged — Judicial review application dismissed | Administrative law — Procedural fairness — Refugee Appeal Division — Whether fairness required notice and opportunity to respond to findings of likely fraudulent documents — Moïse v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), Savit v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) applied — Paper appeal and refusal of oral hearing challenged — No breach of procedural fairness