Seeking to remedy this, Goche and Mudenge sought economic relief from wealthier western countries in 1994 and 1995.
Goche remarked in an interview with the ZBC "The Americans would have nothing to do with us as of 1993, the Germans were indifferent and distant, they acted like we were bothering them.
He served during the tenure of Robert Mugabe who replaced him in 2014 with Prisca Mupfumira after he was accused of trying to kill the President as part of a coup.
[7] Goche was one of the negotiating team behind the unity government and helped maintain Mugabe in power while, as a former head of the Central Intelligence Organisation, he served as Minister of State for National Security.
[8] Goche was the ZANU-PF candidate for the House of Assembly seat from Shamva North constituency in the March 2008 parliamentary election.
[9] Along with Goche, Chinamasa was one of the negotiators sent by ZANU-PF to the talks between political parties that began in Pretoria on 10 July 2008, following the disputed re-election of President Robert Mugabe.
[10] When the ZANU-PF–MDC national unity government was sworn in on 13 February 2009, Goche was moved to the position of Minister of Transport.
[11] As a result of a dispute between Nelson Chamisa, the Minister of Information and Communication Technology, and Webster Shamu, the Minister of Information and Publicity, regarding which ministry should deal with telecommunications, The Herald reported on 10 April 2009, that President Mugabe had assigned responsibility for telecommunications to Goche's ministry.