A prospective study of 82 circumcisions performed as a day-case over 1 year at Sololo General Hospital (Northern Kenya) was carried out in order to evaluate the results of our day-case policy. The mean age of the patients was 14.5 years (S.D. ± 5.8). No complications were observed during surgery and all the patients were discharged home immediately after their operation. Of the 82 patients operated on, 76 (92.7%, 95% C.I., 84.8–97.3%) came for the follow-up after 7 days and only two patients presented with a wound infection (2.6%, 95% C.I., 0.3–9.2%). This study shows that day-case circumcision with a low and acceptable complication rate can be performed even in a rural hospital in a low income country, despite a setting with poor hygienic conditions.