[10] Muntaka was the head of research at one of the units (RME) of Adwumapa Buyers Limited,[10] a cocoa buying company.

[12] The Ghana Center for Democratic Development deemed this by-election as "fair and transparent, but not free from fear.

In January 2009, Mubarak was appointed as Minister-designate for the Youth and Sports Ministry by President John Evans Atta Mills.

[16] He served as Minister for Youth and sports until he was made to proceed on a leave while allegations of corruption leveled against him were investigated.

[21][22] His constituency was one of the three Ashanti Region parliamentary seats out of thirty-nine that the National Democratic Congress won in that election.

[25][26] Muntaka retained the parliamentary seat in the 2020 general election to represent in the 8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic.

[28][29][30][31][32][33] Although supporters of Muntaka Mubarak and his contender, Masawudu Mubarick got into a scuffle that was swiftly curtailed by personnel of the Ghana Police Service.

[35] He was requested by President John Atta Mills to proceed on leave while allegations of corruption against him were investigated.

However, after investigations by Chraj he was cleared of all charges on the basis that there was no enough evidence to convict him of the crime per the laws of Ghana.

[1] Muntaka engaged in a verbal fight with the MP of Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong when he confronted him about dragging him to the Parliamentary Privileges Committees for allegedly calling on to attackers to deal with Ahmed Hussein Suale an investigative journalist with Tiger Eye who was later murdered by unknown assassins.