His appointment to this position was largely due to his technical capacity as an engineer (having qualified from University of Glasgow, Scotland in 1981).
[2] Following the 2013 General Elections in Zimbabwe Munacho Mutezo was appointed in the above-mentioned post.
Speculation says that his more liberal approach that contrasted other hard-core ZANU-PF members prevented him from being appointed full Minister of Energy and Power Development.
[6][7][8][9] Munacho Mutezo is a founding member of an opposition Party Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF).
The Political Party challenged ZANU-PF in the 2018 general election as part of the MDC Alliance.