Mushohwe was the ZANU-PF candidate for the Mutare West constituency in the March 2008 parliamentary election, but was very narrowly defeated according to the official results.
[1] Mushohwe was subsequently appointed resident minister and governor of Manicaland Province by President Robert Mugabe on 25 August 2008.
He was criticised for taking the Kondozi farm which was contributing a lot to Zimbabwe GDP and employment.
He was also the minister of information and broadcasting services in Zimbabwe until October 2017, when Simon Khaya-Moyo was appointed his successor.
Then Mushohwe was named as the minister of state in the President's Office responsible for scholarships, a new ministry.