“We are frustrated since we have not received fair pay in compensation for our properties,” complains Albert Wathum, a resident of Panyimur fishing village on the shores of Lake Albert...He claims that since Total E&P began exploring in the area, many gardens and homesteads have been destroyed in the process of surveying, building access roads and constructing oil well pads. Residents expected compensation but, according to some, what they received was peanuts...Equally bitter complaints are voiced by residents of Kabaale Parish...where the government plans to construct a state-of-the-art oil refinery. Locals complain that progress towards compensating them for land they will have to give up has been painfully slow and has meanwhile left them without any source of subsistence...[refers to Taylor-DeJongh & Taylor-DeJongh] [Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Total to respond – see linked item for its response]