evidence: In a packed wooden hut on the docks of Rukwanzi, a cacophony of Swahili, Lingala and French fills the air. Islanders’ hands shoot up to demand answers. Will the companies make us leave? Is Uganda already taking the oil? How will a joint production area work? What will happen to the fishermen if there’s a spill? Taimour Lay visited Ituri, eastern DRC and Rukwanzi and tells the story. [...] Kasenyi’s residents are as desperate for answers as the islanders of Rukwanzi. They too know they are at the centre of something but two years after Tullow’s visit, there’s no sign of exploration starting. In June 2003, this exhausted, though now bustling town, was razed to the ground by Germain Katanga’s Lendu FRPI militia group. [...] On Rukwanzi, the community meeting finishes with another barrage of demands. ‘’People were dying here two years ago. Why? Who were the interest groups? We talk about oil and it’s like a dream. We know it could change everything, but will it be for good or ill? What will it bring us?’’