The United Party for National Development Youth League (UPNDYL) is the youth wing of the

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, a major

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. Established as a platform to engage the nation's youth in political activism and leadership, the UPND Youth League plays a vital role in promoting the party’s ideologies of social and economic liberalism among young Zambians.

Formation

The Youth League was formed to help mobilise youths towards, the values, beliefs and principles of the UPND, the governing political party in Zambia. The Youth League was formed by the youth members of the party to spearhead the issues faced by young people in Zambia. Among them was the 4-month closure of the

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which the Zambian Education minister had closed following student protests.

References

{{reflist Political organisations based in Zambia