[1][2] Muhando was among a group of Tanzanian playwrights in the late 1960s and early 1970s who emerged in the aftermath of President Julius Nyerere's Arusha Declaration in 1967.
She decided to focus on writing in Kiswahili because she felt that theatre was primarily a tool of mass communication and being accessible to the Tanzanian population was more important.
[3][6] In 2013, Muhando was named the chairperson of BASATA (National Arts Council) by President Jakaya Kikwete for a three-year term.
[1] She was one of the pioneers of Theatre for Development in Africa - a movement that sought to encourage marginalized people to use plays to engage in issues important to their lives within their communities and with experts.
[8] Alongside her colleague Amandina Lihamba, she pioneered a particularly in-depth approach with their Oxfam-funded project "Theatre for Social Development", which took place over eighteen months in Malya, in the Mwanza region of northern Tanzania.