<p>Six Kenyan teachers were arrested and suspended on Thursday after a video showing primary school pupils simulating sex as a punishment went viral, causing uproar.</p>.<p>The footage showed four boys in school uniform simulating sexual acts under a tree in the school compound as the teachers watched.</p>.<p>The six are heard chatting in the background of the 29-second clip and bursting into laughter as one shirtless child wipes tears from his face.</p>.<p>Police said the clip exposed the pupils to "an indecent act" and was recorded in Nyamache, a rural town, some 300 kilometres (186 miles) from the capital Nairobi.</p>.<p>Six teachers -- five women and a man -- were arrested and "are assisting in (the) investigation", police said in a report seen by <em>AFP.</em></p>.<p>"Other preferable charges" and a report would follow, it added.</p>.<p>The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) suspended the six teachers, saying the video involving six Grade Two pupils caused "trauma, psychological, mental torture and embarrassment to the minors."</p>.<p>"You instructed and/or coerced the learners... to engage in an indecent/inappropriate acts depicting homosexuality within the school compound," TSC's Evaleen Mitei wrote in a letter to the teachers.</p>.<p>The teachers, who also appeared in court, have three weeks to make a written defence against their suspension, Mitei added.</p>.<p>Prosecutors meanwhile sought to detain them for seven more days to complete investigations.</p>.<p>The incident sparked fury on social media with many calling for action in the largely conservative, Christian nation.</p>.<p>"This is so humiliating. Adults need to leave children alone! What even is this???" one user posted on Twitter.</p>.<p>"This is really the worst that could happen to these kids. Did these teachers think about the trauma they (are) giving these kids?" said another.</p>.<p>Education Minister Ezekiel Machogu vowed the teachers will face disciplinary action and would be dismissed if found guilty.</p>.<p>According to Kenya's sexual offences act, a person found guilty of compelling another to engage in an indecent act faces a jail term of not less than five years.</p>
<p>Six Kenyan teachers were arrested and suspended on Thursday after a video showing primary school pupils simulating sex as a punishment went viral, causing uproar.</p>.<p>The footage showed four boys in school uniform simulating sexual acts under a tree in the school compound as the teachers watched.</p>.<p>The six are heard chatting in the background of the 29-second clip and bursting into laughter as one shirtless child wipes tears from his face.</p>.<p>Police said the clip exposed the pupils to "an indecent act" and was recorded in Nyamache, a rural town, some 300 kilometres (186 miles) from the capital Nairobi.</p>.<p>Six teachers -- five women and a man -- were arrested and "are assisting in (the) investigation", police said in a report seen by <em>AFP.</em></p>.<p>"Other preferable charges" and a report would follow, it added.</p>.<p>The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) suspended the six teachers, saying the video involving six Grade Two pupils caused "trauma, psychological, mental torture and embarrassment to the minors."</p>.<p>"You instructed and/or coerced the learners... to engage in an indecent/inappropriate acts depicting homosexuality within the school compound," TSC's Evaleen Mitei wrote in a letter to the teachers.</p>.<p>The teachers, who also appeared in court, have three weeks to make a written defence against their suspension, Mitei added.</p>.<p>Prosecutors meanwhile sought to detain them for seven more days to complete investigations.</p>.<p>The incident sparked fury on social media with many calling for action in the largely conservative, Christian nation.</p>.<p>"This is so humiliating. Adults need to leave children alone! What even is this???" one user posted on Twitter.</p>.<p>"This is really the worst that could happen to these kids. Did these teachers think about the trauma they (are) giving these kids?" said another.</p>.<p>Education Minister Ezekiel Machogu vowed the teachers will face disciplinary action and would be dismissed if found guilty.</p>.<p>According to Kenya's sexual offences act, a person found guilty of compelling another to engage in an indecent act faces a jail term of not less than five years.</p>