The claim that former Bethlehem College student David Fellows was driving the mini-van that crashed in Kenya killing four people is being refuted by Kenya Police.

One News reported in an interview with Kenya Police Traffic Commandant Samuel Kimaru last night that Kenya Police believe Christopher Mmata, the Kenyan man who died in the crash, was the driver of the mini-bus.

Left: Christopher Mmata is being named as the driver by Kenya Police. Right: David Fellows admitted to being the driver.

Bethlehem College Principal Eoin Crosbie said in the first press conference following the fatal crash on January 15 that Kenyan man Christopher was the driver of the van.

It was then revealed by Bethlehem College that former student David Fellows had admitted to being the driver of the van.

Now that admission is overturned with Kenya Police investigating the accident insisting Chris Mmata was behind the wheel.

Bethlehem College Principal Eoin Crosbie says the school is holding its own inquiry but the focus is on school procedure and not police matters.

'I haven't got any comment to make about the Kenyan Police conclusion, that is inappropriate for me to comment about,” says Eoin.

'Our priority is to carry on with the investigation, and work that through from a school perspective, so one is a Kenyan Police perspective, the other is a school perspective around things we can learn and exactly how the driver swap happened. That's where our focus is and as we have said before, we are not really engaging with the media until we get through that.”

The One News interview also contradicts a statement from teacher Jan Dean during a press conference who said the accident took place in light rain.

Commandant Samuel Kimaru last night said the accident occurred in heavy rain.

The Toyota Hi Ace van was carrying between 14-16 people at the time, a mix of college students, former students staff and adults.

The group were in Kenya on a Bethlehem College mission to assist the Ark Quest School in western Kenya, and were only days away from their scheduled return to New Zealand when the crash happened.

The van rolled several times killing the suspected driver Christopher, along with anaesthetist Brian Johnston and his wife Grace, and 19-year-old Caitlin Dickson. Up to a dozen people were injured.

"It started rolling, rolling, rolling and then it just stopped. So the driver is always the key to tell us what exactly happened," says Samuel Kimaru.

The Kenyan authorities also believe Christopher was the driver due to the rib injuries he sustained in the accident.

"The post mortem, the injuries of the driver and also the inspection of the car is showing that really the driver, Christopher, was the one driving the car," says Samuel.